Land: A Novel Park Kyong-Ni

ISBN-13: 9780710305084 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 626 str.

Park Kyong-Ni; Kyong-Ni Pak; Henry Corbin

Opis

This Korean novel is set against the background of the struggle between conservative and modernizing forces at the turn of the century. It follows the fortunes of several generations of Korean villagers during a time of unsurpassed turbulance and change.

Spis treści

1. Servant of the Choi household 2. Villager 3. Maid at Choi house, charged with looking after Sohi 4. Choi dressmaker 5. Villager, father of Yimi, friend of Yongi 6. Second cousin of Choi Chisoo, living in Seoul 7. Son of Lady Yoon, half-brother of Kuchon, husband of the lady of the byoldang, by whom he has a daughter, Sohi 8. Madwoman of the village 9. Wife of Yi Pongi 10. Servant of the Choi household 11. Choi family doctor 12. Handicapped son of Kim subang 13. Maid of Choi Chisoo, has relationship with Chilsung in the hope of having a son whose paternity she will attribute to her Master 14. Monk of the temple at Yon-goksa, taught painting to Kilsang 15. Wife of Pyongsan 16. Other name for Kuchon 17. Professional huntsman, friend of Yoon Bo, accompanied Choi Chisoo in pursuit of Kuchon, lover of Kwinyo 18. Wife of Yongi 19. Choi Chisoo's servant, studied with the monk Haegwan 20. Monk, younger brother of Ugwan, he raped Lady Yoon 21. Bailiff of Choi household 22. (Hwani) Half-brother of Choi Chisoo 23. Mother of Choi Chisoo and of Kuchon, grandmother of Sohi, runs the Choi household 24. Villager, widow 25. Villager, declined aristocrat, husband of Haman dek 26. Servant of the Choi household 27. Maidservant of the Choi household 28. Daughter of Choi Chisoo and the lady of the byoldang 29. Servant of Choi Chisoo 30. Daughter of a shaman, runs a tavern in the town, lover of Yongi 31. Villager, father of Dooman 32. Daughter of Chilsung 33. Villager, husband of Kangchon dek, lover of Wolsun 34. Villager 35. Village carpenter, friend of Kang posoo

O autorze

Park Kyong-ni, one of Korea's most important authors, was born in 1926 in Chungmoo, on the southern coast, and educated at Jinjoo Girls' High School.