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The Square

About the Books

Author
Choi In-Hun
Co-Author
-
Translator
Kim Seong-Kon
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Published Year
2014
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

Original Title
광장
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Gwangjang
ISBN
9781628970678
Page
158
Volume
-
The Series
Dalkey Archive's Library of Korean Literature

About the Author

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  • Choi In-hun
  • Birth : 1936 ~ 2018
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : In-hun
  • Family Name : Choi
  • Korean Name : 최인훈
  • ISNI : 0000000116984436
  • Works : 46
About the Original Work
DLKL
  • 광장
  • Author : -
  • Published Year : 1960
  • English Title : The Society for Studies in Matryoshka and Basting Pins
More About the Original Work
Descriptions
  • English(English)

Set just before the Korean War, this ground-breaking classic of Korean modernism tackles the shattering effect of Korea’s national division. Following its protagonist as he travels to the North, hoping to escape what he sees as the South’s repressive right-wing regime, it sees him dismayed by an equally destructive adherence to ideology in the so-called worker’s paradise.

A dark and complex story of the way ideology can destroy the individual, Choi In-hun’s investigation of his country’s partition into two diametrically opposed polities implies both communism and capitalism are pernicious and externally acquired infections.

“An exceptional work that offers a new perspective on the Korean War as well as a noteworthy starting point for the third generation of Korean War literature.” —Koreana

 

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