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The Square

A Novel

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Pub Date Oct 14 2014 | Archive Date Nov 04 2014

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This groundbreaking classic of Korean modernism tackles the shattering effect of the division of Korea. Taking place just before the Korean War, it follows its protagonist as he travels to the North hoping to escape what he sees as the repressive right-wing regime in the South... only to find that a different sort of lie reigns in the so-called worker's paradise. Implying that both communism and capitalism are pernicious infections from without, "The Square" is a dark and complex story of the ways ideologies can destroy the individual.

This groundbreaking classic of Korean modernism tackles the shattering effect of the division of Korea. Taking place just before the Korean War, it follows its protagonist as he travels to the North...


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Library of Korean Literature / Translated by Kim Seong-Kon / UK pub date: 27 October / 10.95 GBP / Find out more about the entire Library of Korean Literature here: http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/product-tag/library-of-korean-literature/

Library of Korean Literature / Translated by Kim Seong-Kon / UK pub date: 27 October / 10.95 GBP / Find out more about the entire Library of Korean Literature here:...


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