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Korean
Seven Stories
01 August 2011
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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Translated by:   ,
Imprint:   Seven Stories
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 230mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   275g
ISBN:   9781583227510
ISBN 10:   1583227512
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Hwang Sok-yong is unanimously recognised as one of Korea's most notable authors and praised by, among others, Kenzaburo Oe as undoubtedly the most powerful 'voice of the novel' in East Asia today.

Reviews for The Guest

""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 post-war survivor's chaotic psyche."" - Publisher's Weekly ""A provocative novel [that] 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."" - Time Asia Magazine""


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