The Poet
$19.70
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Yi Mun-yol, one of Korea’s greatest modern writers, in this haunting portrait of a wandering poet torn between art, poverty, and destiny.
The life of a poet becomes a parable of hope in Yi Mun-yol’s searching novella of art, status, and selfhood. With their family condemned as traitors, two young brothers are sent away in disguise to save their lives. One grows up by his wits, accepting what has been lost. The other is set on a different path, shaped …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529986112 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529986117 |
| Author: | Yi Mun-Yol, Brother Anthony Teague Teague |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
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About The Author
Yi Mun-Yol
Yi Mun-Yol was born in 1948. During the Korean War (1950-3), his father supported the North Korea side for ideological reasons and went to live in the North, leaving his family in the South. In his youth, Yi Mun-Yol had to bear the stigma of being a ‘traitor’s son’.
With more than 30 books published and sales totalling many millions of copies, Yi Mun-Yol is Korea’s leading novelist. The Poet, his most significant novel, has been translated into all the major western languages.
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