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CONTRADICTIONS

CONTRADICTIONS
Author
YANG GUI-JA
Co-Author
-
Translator
Stephen Epstein,Kim Mi-Young
Publisher
Cornell Univ. East Asia Program
Published Year
2005
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Original Title
모순
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Mosun
ISBN
9781885445360,9781885445261
Page
172
Volume
-
Writer default image
  • Yang Gui-ja
  • Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Gui-ja
  • Family Name : Yang
  • Korean Name : 양귀자
  • ISNI : 0000000081869648
  • Works : 23
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 양귀자 모-Eps LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • English(English)

Contradictions is a coming-of-age tale that explores the paradoxes and contradictions of the human condition and delves into the meaning of personal happiness. The book opens with a moment of epiphany as the main character An Jin-jin awakens to the realization that her entire energy must be devoted to her own life. She struggles over whom to marry with an awareness of consequences gleaned from seeing the divergence in the lives of twin sisters—her mother and her aunt. A host of binary oppositions is also presented in the lives of the men around her: a wannabe gang boss brother, an Ivy League cousin, an alcoholic schizophrenic father, a steadfast but rigid uncle, and her two suitors. Yang skillfully develops these characters in increasingly complex threads as the novel unfolds in a series of surprises.

 

Source: http://www.amazon.com/Contradictions-Cornell-East-Asia-Series/dp/1885445261

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