1 option
I Met Loh Kiwan / Haejin Cho; Bruce Fulton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cho, Haejin, Author.
- Series:
- Modern Korean Fiction
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This captivating short novel follows the journey of North Korean refugee Loh Kiwan to a place where he doesn't speak the language or understand the customs. Loh's story of hardship and determination is gradually revealed in flashbacks by the narrator, Kim, a writer for a South Korean TV show, who learned about Loh from a news report. She traces his progress from North Korea to Brussels to London as he struggles to make his way and find a home in an unfamiliar world. Readers come to see that Kim, too, has embarked on a journey, one driven by her need to understand what drives people to live, even thrive, despite tremendous loss and despair. Her own conflicted feelings of personal and professional guilt are mirrored in the novel's other characters: Jae, Kim's romantic interest and producer of the TV show she once wrote for; Yunju, a young cancer victim whose illness she now regrets exploiting; Pak, a doctor who helped Loh in Brussels, yet suffers deep remorse over the many life and death decisions he has made for his patients. Author Cho Haejin weaves these characters into a story of hope and trust, one that asks basic questions about what it means to be human and humane.First published in 2011 in South Korea, this timely and moving story won the 2013 Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- I Met Loh Kiwan
- Afterword
- Names and Romanization
- About the Author and Translator
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8248-8040-4
- 0-8248-8039-0
- OCLC:
- 1111927060
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.