Berättelsen om herr Han

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Anders Karlsson, Sok-yong Hwang: Berättelsen om herr Han (Hardcover, Swedish language, 2007, Bonnier)

123, [1] sivua ; 19 cm, 123 sidor

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Publicerades 2007 av Bonnier.

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Depressing but masterfully told story of a man trying to follow his conscience in the midst of the Korean war. Apparently, "Han" is not only a common surname, but also an abbreviation for Korea itself and a word meaning "a collective feeling of oppression and isolation in the face of overwhelming odds... lament and unavenged injustice". Makes perfect sense to me.

Ämnen

  • Han, Yongdok (fiktiv gestalt).
  • kortromaner
  • Koreakriget
  • politiska förföljelser
  • läkare Nordkorea
  • dödsstraff
  • flykt Sydkorea
  • utnyttjande
  • fängelse straff