Lost Souls

by Hwang Sun-won, Ju-Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton

These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War.

Lost Souls echoes the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231149689
• ISBN13: 9780231149686
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher