Paek Friend

A Novel from North Korea
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-55140-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Weatherhead Books on Asia

Paek Nam-nyong’s Friend is a tale of marital intrigue, abuse, and divorce in North Korea. This groundbreaking translation of one of North Korea’s most popular writers offers English-language readers a page-turner full of psychological tension as well as a revealing portrait of a society that is typically seen as closed to the outside world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paek, Nam-nyong

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kim, Immanuel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Friend
Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Paek Nam-nyong is one of the most renowned writers in North Korea today. He was born in 1949 in Hamhung and worked in a steel factory for many years before enrolling at Kim Il Sung University. He worked in the Writer’s Union and later joined the elite group of writers called April 15th Literary Production Unit.

Immanuel Kim is Korea Foundation and Kim-Renaud Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies at George Washington University. He is the author of Rewriting Revolution: Women, Sexuality, and Memory in North Korean Fiction (2018).