House with a Sunken Courtyard
Sep 2013 · Library of Korean Literature Book 6 · Deep Vellum Publishing
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An occasionally terrifying and always vivid portrayal of what it was like to live as a refugee immediately after the end of the Korean War. This novel is based on the author's own experience in his early teens in Daegu, in 1954, and depicts six families that survive the hard times together in the same house, weathering the tiny conflicts of interest and rivalries that spring up in such close quarters, but nonetheless offering one another sympathy and encouragement as fellow sufferers of the same national misfortune: brothers and sisters in privation.
An occasionally terrifying and always vivid portrayal of what it was like to live as a refugee immediately after the end of the Korean War. This novel is based on the author's own experience in his early teens in Daegu, in 1954, and depicts six families that survive the hard times together in the...
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In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He published his first collection of stories, Soul of Darkness, in 1973 and it won the Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize in 1974. His first full-length novel, Twilight, was published in 1978. A novelist with more than two dozen novels to his credit, Kim’s primary subject is the tragic circumstances surrounding the division of Korea.
Suh Ji-moon was born in 1948 and grew up mostly in Seoul. She received her B.A. from Ewha Womans University, her MA from West Georgia College in the US, and her PhD from the State University of New York at Albany. She has translated numerous classics of Korean fiction and poetry into English.
In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He published his first collection of stories, Soul of Darkness, in 1973 and it won the Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize in 1974. His first full-length novel, Twilight, was published in 1978. A novelist with more than two dozen novels...
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