Read "The Descendants of Cain" by Sun-won Hwang, Ji-moonSuh, Julie Pickering available from Rakuten Kobo. Hwang Sun-won, perhaps the most beloved and respected Korean writer of the twentieth century, based this extraordinary n Brand: bltadwin.ru The Descendants of Cain offers a snapshot of an epochal moment in Korean history, as experienced in one village over a few weeks. Political events drive everything in it, but Hwang Sun-Won is interested not in ideologies or the political process, but in the reactions of individuals and the effects on . · Hwang Sun-won: The Descendants of Cain. Translated by Suh Ji-moon and Julie Pickering. East Gate / UNESCO / Routledge Originally published Novels set in post-liberation Korea, or during the Korean war, often make uncomfortable reading, particularly those set in the Soviet sphere of influence, and where the story is set in the bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.
Hwang Sun-won, perhaps the most beloved and respected Korean writer of the 20th century, based this extraordinary novel on his own experiences in his North Korean home village between the end of World War II and the eve of the Korean War when Korea had been divided into North and South by its two "liberators" - the United States and the Soviet Union. The Descendants of Cain. By HWANG SUN-WON. Translated by SUH JI-MOOM and JULIE PICKERING. Armonk, N. Y.: M. E. Sharpe/UNESCO Publishing, pp. $ (cloth); $ (paper). The translators' preface to the novel tells me, as an American reader, that the book in my hands is a text much loved in Korea, a constant bestseller since its first. The Descendants of Cain offers a snapshot of an epochal moment in Korean history, as experienced in one village over a few weeks. Political events drive everything in it, but Hwang Sun-Won is interested not in ideologies or the political process, but in the reactions of individuals and the effects on their relationships. His short novel is a.
The Descendants of Cain (카인의 후예) is a novel by Hwang Sun-won (황순원). Published in in Seoul, it was instantly popular and has continued to be a steady seller ever since. It was selected by LTI Korea for translation into English and French. Plot. The Descendants of Cain is one of the great stories of the society-shredding arrival of communism to North Korea and it is strongly informed by author Hwang Sun-won’s personal experiences at that time and in that situation. Hwang was a landlord’s son during the time of post-war social turmoil and his family was forced to flee North Korea in response to it. The Descendants of Cain offers a snapshot of an epochal moment in Korean history, as experienced in one village over a few weeks. Political events drive everything in it, but Hwang Sun-Won is interested not in ideologies or the political process, but in the reactions of individuals and the effects on their relationships.
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