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His work, which grapples with the troubled history of his divided country, has resulted in his imprisonment, his exile, and the rare achievement of a wide international reader. The modern korean novel in english translation the guest. Sokyong does not take sides as this novel weaves from ghost narratives to the modern day. For a month and a half, thousands of people were systematically arrested, beaten. Written in a voice that is utterly humanistic, the old garden combines multiple narratives that resonate on the levels of the historical, political, and aesthetic.
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