Toseongnang
Nov 2014 · 20th Century Korean Literature Book 28 · Literature Translation Institute of Korea
5.0star
1 reviewreport
Ebook
26
Pages
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
Wonsam, a former servant of a fallen household, wanders into the Pyeongyangseong Fortress in search of shelter and employment. Seondal, a former tenant farmer, takes pity on Wonsam and helps him put together a dugout hut of his own in the slum outside the fortress and settle down in Pyeongyang as an a-frame porter. Their friendship sours, however, when Seondal falls ill and the grateful Wonsam buys rice for Seondal and his family, exacerbating the tension between Seondal and his wife, who belittles Seondal daily by comparing him to Wonsam. In the meantime, Wonsam discovers his concerns for Seondal’s wife has taken a romantic turn.
Ratings and reviews
5.0
1 review
About the author
Kim Sa-ryang(1914 – 1950)’s real name is Shi-chang and he was born in 1914 in Pyeongyang, South Pyeongan Province. In 1931, after being expelled for leading a class boycott during his fifth year at Pyongyang Normal High School, he went to Japan and attended Saka High School, and then graduated from Tokyo National University in German literature. When he returned to Korea in 1943, he was sent to China as a reporter in the Japanese Army but he escaped to the coast, working as a reporter in the Korean Volunteer Army under the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and returned to Korea at the time of its independence. After Korea’s independence he was active in North Korea, and as the Korean War broke out, he participated as a war writer in the North Korean People’s Army. He died in 1950 in the Wonju region while retreating north with the North Korean People’s Army from the US Army’s Operation Chromite.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
