Beschreibung:
The long life and career of Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) spanned the whole trajectory of modern Korean history - Japanese domination, WWII, ideological strife, the Korean War and harsh division of the country, industrialization, military dictatorships and the protests against them. These events are reflected subtly in his stories, always emphasizing the resilience of the Korean people.
The long life and career of Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) spanned the whole trajectory of modern Korean history - Japanese domination, WWII, ideological strife, the Korean War and harsh division of the country, industrialization, military dictatorships and the protests against them. These events are reflected subtly in his stories, always emphasizing the resilience of the Korean people.
Acclaim for The Book of Masks
Introduction by Martin Holman
Stories
- Masks
- Conversation in June about Mothers
- A Numerical Enigma
- Winter Forsythias
- Folding the Umbrella
- For Dear Life
- Blood
- The Night He Came Late
- In a Small Island Village
- Shadows of a Sound
- The Weighted Tumbler
- Nature
- The Curtain Fell, but Then....
- Places of Death
- A Tree, a Rock, and....