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Author Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943- author.

Title The prisoner : a memoir / Hwang Sok-yong ; translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Anton Hur.

Publication Info. London : Verso, 2021.
©2021
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2088924~S1
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO HWANG    AVAILABLE
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Description 610 pages ; 25 cm
Note Translated from the Korean.
Contents Leaving: 1985-86 -- Prison I -- Visit to the North: 1986-89 -- Prison II -- Exile: 1989-93 -- Prison III -- Childhood: 1947-56 -- Prison IV -- Lost: 1956-66 -- Prison V -- Deployment: 1966-69 -- Dictatorship: 1969-76 -- Gwangju: 1976-85 -- Prison VI.
Summary "A sweeping account of modern Korean history and a vivid memoir of political persecution from Korea's most acclaimed novelist"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943-
Novelists, Korean -- 20th century.
Political prisoners -- Korea (South)
Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1988-2002.
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Author Kim-Russell, Sora, translator.
Hur, Anton, translator.
ISBN 9781839760839
1839760834
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