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The Scorpion

The Scorpion scrap

전갈: 김원일 장편소설

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  • ISBN

    9788982181948

  • Author

    Kim Won Il김원일

  • Publisher

    Gangbook도서출판 강

  • Year Published

    2014

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

Kim Won-il’s The Scorpion was serialized in the literary mook Practical Literature from 2005 to 2006. The novel follows three generations of men in a family living in Korea, from the Japanese colonial period to the 1980s. Critics regard the work as a tightly-packed depiction of the lives of marginalized individuals living under the shadow of modern Korean history.

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김원일

Kim Won Il김원일

Kim Won Il has written extensively on the Korean War. This is related to the fact that his father defected to North Korea during the war. Kim was a senior in high school when the war started and broke his family apart, an experience that was to haunt him throughout his life and prompt him to write about the war and its aftermath for the greater part of his career. His novels include Sunset, Wind and River, Winter Valley, A House with the Sunken Courtyard, Evergreen, The Way to Auraji, and The Rite of Fire. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Hanguk Ilbo Literary Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award, and the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award.

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