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The Guest
Price per Unit (piece): KRW 22,050
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Author: Hwang Sok-yong
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date: Mar. 2007
Pages: 234
Cover: Paperback
Dimensions (in inches): 5.98 x 8.97 x 0.66
ISBN: 9781583227510
Language: English
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“Expert, idiomatic translation renders visible a story that helps explain the present weirdness in North Korea . . . [T]he story with its great insight into the region, is deeply rewarding.”—Kirkus Reviews  “Vivid snapshots from the Korean War and surreal encounters with ghosts intersect in the first major US release by award-winning Korean novelist Sok-yong . . . an ambitious exploration of a postwar survivor’s chaotic psyche.”—Publishers Weekly  “A provocative novel . . . with a subtle power. [Hwang] takes the reader to the edge of a gruesome scene, then steps back and focuses on the sort of mundane detail that sticks in one’s mind more firmly than any blood-splattered image.”—TIMEAsia Magazine  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 strife between Christian and Communist neighbors. 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.

A historical novel of a divided nation from Korea's greatest novelist.

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.
 
 

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