The House with a Sunken Courtyard

by Kim Won-il, Ji-Moon Suh (Translator)

Overview

An occasionally terrifying and always vivid portrayal of what it was like to live as a refugee immediately after the end of the Korean War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564789136
Publisher:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Publication date:	11/16/2013
Series:	Library of Korean Literature Series , #6
Pages:	229
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He published his first collection of stories, Soul of Darkness, in 1973 and it won the Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize in 1974. His first full-length novel, Twilight, was published in 1978. A novelist with more than two dozen novels to his credit, Kim's primary subject is the tragic circumstances surrounding the division of Korea.

In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He published his first collection of stories, Soul of Darkness, in 1973 and it won the Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize in 1974. His first full-length novel, Twilight, was published in 1978. A novelist with more than two dozen novels to his credit, Kim's primary subject is the tragic circumstances surrounding the division of Korea.