Lonesome You

Informationen zum Autor Park Wan-Suh (1931-2011) was one of the most beloved and recognized names in Korean literature; her works were best-sellers, and have been published widely around the world. She was born on the outskirts of Seoul, and enrolled in the prestigious Seoul National University, but her education came to an abrupt end when the Korean War broke out. She married in her early twenties and spent nearly the next two decades raising her five children. In 1970 at age thirty-nine, when not many women would dare dream about a new career, Park debuted as an author when her first novel The Naked Tree. Klappentext "Originally published in Korean as Nomudo ssulssurhan tangsin by Ch'angjak kwa Pip'yongsa, Seoul, 1998"--Title page verso. Zusammenfassung In this collection by a canonical figure in Korean literature, meditations upon life in old age come to the fore -- at its best, accompanied by great beauty and compassion; at its worst by a cynicism that nonetheless turns a bitter smile upon the changing world.

Product details

• Authors: Wan-Suh Park, Wan-Suh Yoon Park, Park Wan-Suh, Elizabeth Haejin Yoon
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Haejin Yoon (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2013
• EAN: 9781564789099
• ISBN: 978-1-56478-909-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Library of Korean Literature; Library of Korean Literature
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature