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

Publication Info.	London ; New York : Verso, 2021.
	©2021

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	951.904 HWANG	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction	951.904 SOK-YONG	Check Shelf

Description	610 pages ; 25 cm
Note	"Readers should note that in order to bring the original two volume Korean text into one English volume, this translation is a slightly shortened version of the text, abridged in collaboration between the author, translators, and editor"--Editor's note.
Summary	"A sweeping account of modern Korean history and a vivid memoir of political persecution from Korea's most acclaimed novelist"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
Subject	Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943-
	Novelists, Korean -- Biography.
	Political prisoners -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
	Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1988-2002.
	Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943- (OCoLC)fst00084858
	Novelists, Korean. (OCoLC)fst01039754
	Political prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01069636
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Korea (South) (OCoLC)fst01206791
Chronological Term	1988-2002
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Added Author	Hur, Anton, translator.
	Kim-Russell, Sora, translator.
Added Title	Suin. English
Other Form:	Online version: Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943- Prisoner. First edition hardback London ; New York : Verso, 2021 9781839760860 (DLC) 2021012127
ISBN	9781839760839 (hardcover)
	1839760834 (hardcover)
	9781839760860 (electronic book)

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