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The prisoner / by Hwang Sok-yong ; translated by Anton Hur and Sora Kim-Russell.
Van Pelt Library PL992.29.S6 A3 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Suin. English
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Novelists, Korean--Biography.
- Novelists, Korean.
- Political prisoners--Korea (South)--Biography.
- Political prisoners.
- Korea (South).
- Politics and government.
- Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943-.
- Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng.
- Korea (South)--Politics and government--1988-2002.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 610 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2021.
- Summary:
- "A sweeping account of modern Korean history and a vivid memoir of political persecution from Korea's most acclaimed novelist"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Leaving: 1985
- 86
- 2. Prison I
- 3. Visit to the North: 1986
- 89
- 4. Prison II
- 5. Exile: 1989
- -93
- 6. Prison III
- 7. Childhood: 1947
- 56
- 8. Prison IV
- 9. Lost: 1956
- 66
- 10. Prison V
- 11. Deployment: 1966
- 69
- 12. Dictatorship: 1969
- 76
- 13. Gwangju: 1976
- 85
- 14. Prison VI.
- Notes:
- "Readers should note that in order to bring the original two volume Korean text into one English volume, this translation is a slightly shortened version of the text, abridged in collaboration between the author, translators, and editor"--Editor's note.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943- Prisoner.
- ISBN:
- 9781839760839
- 1839760834
- OCLC:
- 1245249992
- Publisher Number:
- 99989029741
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