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The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost
Engelsk Paperback
The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost
Engelsk Paperback

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The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance. Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
144
ISBN-13:
9780231153119
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0231153112
Udg. Dato:
29 sep 2010
Længde:
11mm
Bredde:
143mm
Højde:
208mm
Forlag:
Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato:
29 sep 2010
Forfatter(e):
Alternatives - PIE
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