Tuesday, 27 September 2016

The Guest By Hwang Sok-yong

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Title:The Guest
Author:Hwang Sok-yong
Format:Hardcover
Page:234 pages
ISBN:1583227512

Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation s search for reconciliation.During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty two day massacre In an act of collective amnesia the atrocities were attributed to American military, but in truth they resulted from Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation s search for reconciliation.During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty two day massacre In an act of collective amnesia the atrocities were attributed to American military, but in truth they resulted from malicious battling between Christian and Communist Koreans Forty years later, Ryu Yosop, a minister living in America returns to his home village, where his older brother once played a notorious role in the bloodshed Besieged by vivid memories and visited by the troubled spirits of the deceased, Yosop must face the survivors of the tragedy and lay his brother s soul to rest.Faulkner like in its intense interweaving narratives, The Guest is a daring and ambitious novel from a major figure in world literature


about Author

He was born in Hsinking today Changchun , Manchukuo, during the period of Japanese rule His family returned to Korea after liberation in 1945 He later obtained a bachelor s degree in philosophy from Dongguk University .In 1964 he was jailed for political reasons and met labor activists Upon his release he worked at a cigarette factory and at several construction sites around the c He was born in Hsinking today Changchun , Manchukuo, during the period of Japanese rule His family returned to Korea after liberation in 1945 He later obtained a bachelor s degree in philosophy from Dongguk University .In 1964 he was jailed for political reasons and met labor activists Upon his release he worked at a cigarette factory and at several construction sites around the country.In 1966 1969 he was part of Korea s military corps during the Vietnam War, reluctantly fighting for the American cause that he saw as an attack on a liberation struggle



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Posted by:Hwang Sok-yong
Published :2016-04-04T17:42+01:00
Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation s search for reconciliation.D
The Guest
234 pagesHwang Sok-yong

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