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The house with a sunken courtyard / by Kim Won-il ; translated by Suh Ji-moon.
- Title
- The house with a sunken courtyard / by Kim Won-il ; translated by Suh Ji-moon.
- Author
- Kim, Wŏn-il, 1942-
- Publication
- Champaign [Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PL992.415.W65 M3313 2013 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Sŏ, Chi-mun
- Description
- 229 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "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. This novel is based on the author's own experience in his early teens in Daegu, in 1954, and depicts six families that survive the hard times together in the same house, weathering the tiny conflicts of interest and rivalries that spring up in such close quarters, but nonetheless offering one another sympathy and encouragement as fellow sufferers of the same national misfortune: brothers and sisters in privation"--
- Series Statement
- Library of Korean literature ; 6
- Uniform Title
- Madang kip'ŭn chip. English
- Library of Korean literature ; 6.
- Alternative Title
- Madang kip'ŭn chip.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fictional autobiographies
- War fiction
- Fiction
- Autobiographical fiction.
- War stories
- Note
- "Originally published in Korean as Madang kipʻŭn chip by Munhak kwa Chisŏngsa, Seoul, 1998"--Title page verso.
- "Published in collaboration with Korea Literature Translation Institute."
- ISBN
- 9781564789136
- 1564789136
- LCCN
- ^^2013027137
- OCLC
- 854512620
- SCSB-13836062
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library