Sang-seop Yeom (1897–1963)
Autor(a) de Three Generations
About the Author
Obras de Sang-seop Yeom
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Yeom, Sang-seop
- Nome de batismo
- 염상섭
- Outros nomes
- Hoengbo
횡보
橫步
Yŏm, Sang-sŏp
廉想涉 - Data de nascimento
- 1897-08-30
- Data de falecimento
- 1963-03-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Korea
- País (para mapa)
- Korea
- Local de nascimento
- Seoul, Korea
- Local de falecimento
- Seoul, Korea
- Causa da morte
- cancer
- Locais de residência
- Seoul, South Korea (birthplace)
- Educação
- Keio University
- Ocupação
- freedom fighter
novelist
journalist
editor
editor-in-chief
naval officer (mostrar todas 7)
President of Seorabal College of Art
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 43
- Popularidade
- #352,016
- Avaliação
- 3.2
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 4
- Idiomas
- 1
The writing deftly captures the complexity of Korean culture and thought in a difficult period of transition. Shifting points of view reveal deeply buried passions that occasionally erupt with embarrassing or shameful results. Much misunderstanding and incorrect assuming leads to situational antics that hearken soap opera drama. Detailed description of poverty and wealth, and frequent directions given from one Seoul neighborhood to another, lend a journalistic quality to the setting that is unparalleled in contemporary Korean fiction which tries to recapture that lost era. It is a vivid snapshot of one winter in a family's life, that changes each character, while around them the world is changing and will ultimately change in ways they could never have anticipated. Our modern insight into history makes this a fascinating read: and Yom compels the story forward while revealing complicated interwoven relationships and an intricate plot.… (mais)