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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
M E Sharpe Inc
Publication date
July 1, 1997
Pages
181
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780765601360
ISBN-10
0765601362
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$158.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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. In this story the Soviet-backed communist party, using the promise of land reform, sets people at each other's throat. Portrayed here is an entire community caught in the political and social firestorm that brings out the selfishness, cruelty and ignorance of simple people, but also shows their loyalty and nobility. Compelling here, too, is a heroine who represents the "eternally feminine" for all Korean men, and the setting, the harsh political, psychic and physical landscape of rural postwar North Korea rarely glimpsed by the outside world. Hwang Sun-won is an artist of consummate delicacy and subtlety, and his writing is marked by keen psychological insight and steely asceticism. While three collections of his short stories have appeared in Hong Kong and the West, "The Descendants of Cain" is the first English translation of a Hwang Sun-won novel.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from M E Sharpe Inc (July 1, 1997)
9780765601360 | details & prices | 181 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $158.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
from M E Sharpe Inc (July 1, 1997)
9780765601377 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $47.95
Miscellaneous
With Ji-Moon Suh (other contributor) |
from M E Sharpe Inc (July 11, 1997); titled "Descendants of Cain"
9780765633958 | details & prices | 192 pages | List price $12.99
This edition also contains The Descendants of Cain
This edition also contains The Descendants of Cain
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