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Trees on a Slope / Sun-wŏn Hwang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern Korean FictionPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824827670
  • 9780824874483
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part One -- 1 .LIKE WALKING -- 2. SEVERAL DAYS LATER. -- 3. FOR THREE WEEKS -- 4. WAR SURVIVORS -- 5 .A CHILL WIND BLEW -- 6. "WOW!" -- 7.IT CAN HAPPEN -- 8 .IT WAS THE END -- Part Two: -- 9 .WHEN CHRISTMAS DAY -- 10. YUN-GU'S ROUTINE -- 11. IT SEEMS THAT -- 12. HYO˘ N-T'AE AND SO˘ K-KI -- 13. GOING TO BED LATE -- 14. "HERE YOU GO- it's that time of month again." -- 15. THE WOMAN -- 16. SO˘ K-KI HAD LOST -- 17. "I BOUGHT THE TICKET. Your flight leaves Tuesday. Remember that." -- Afterword
Summary: Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) is one of modern Korea's masters of narrative prose. Trees on a Slope (1960) is his most accomplished novel-one of the few Korean novels to describe in detail the physical and psychological horrors of the Korean War. It is an assured, forceful depiction of three young soldiers in the South Korean army during the latter stages of the war: Hyŏnt'ae, the arrogant and overconfident squad leader; the stolid and dependable Yun-gu; and "the Poet" Tong-ho. The war affects the men in different ways. Before he can return home, Tong-ho takes his own life after shooting an officer and a prostitute. Hyŏn-t'ae, finding himself removed from situations of mortal danger, spends most of his time drinking; in the end he is arrested for abetting in the suicide of a young girl. Only Yun-gu is able to make the successful transition to postwar life. His ability to survive the encroachments of others, exploit limited resources, and capitalize on the lessons of harsh experience make him emblematic of Korea over the centuries. Trees on a Slope will introduce an English-reading audience to an important voice in modern Asian literature.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part One -- 1 .LIKE WALKING -- 2. SEVERAL DAYS LATER. -- 3. FOR THREE WEEKS -- 4. WAR SURVIVORS -- 5 .A CHILL WIND BLEW -- 6. "WOW!" -- 7.IT CAN HAPPEN -- 8 .IT WAS THE END -- Part Two: -- 9 .WHEN CHRISTMAS DAY -- 10. YUN-GU'S ROUTINE -- 11. IT SEEMS THAT -- 12. HYO˘ N-T'AE AND SO˘ K-KI -- 13. GOING TO BED LATE -- 14. "HERE YOU GO- it's that time of month again." -- 15. THE WOMAN -- 16. SO˘ K-KI HAD LOST -- 17. "I BOUGHT THE TICKET. Your flight leaves Tuesday. Remember that." -- Afterword

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Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) is one of modern Korea's masters of narrative prose. Trees on a Slope (1960) is his most accomplished novel-one of the few Korean novels to describe in detail the physical and psychological horrors of the Korean War. It is an assured, forceful depiction of three young soldiers in the South Korean army during the latter stages of the war: Hyŏnt'ae, the arrogant and overconfident squad leader; the stolid and dependable Yun-gu; and "the Poet" Tong-ho. The war affects the men in different ways. Before he can return home, Tong-ho takes his own life after shooting an officer and a prostitute. Hyŏn-t'ae, finding himself removed from situations of mortal danger, spends most of his time drinking; in the end he is arrested for abetting in the suicide of a young girl. Only Yun-gu is able to make the successful transition to postwar life. His ability to survive the encroachments of others, exploit limited resources, and capitalize on the lessons of harsh experience make him emblematic of Korea over the centuries. Trees on a Slope will introduce an English-reading audience to an important voice in modern Asian literature.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)