The Story of Hong Gildong
$31.50
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2016
Summary
The first modern translation of the quintessential Korean classic: the Robin Hood story of a magical boy who joins a group of robber bandits and becomes a king.
Selected as a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post
The Story of Hong Gildong is arguably the single most important work of classic Korean fiction. A fantastic story of adventure, it has been adapted into countless movies, television shows, novels, and comics in Korea. Until now, the earliest an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143107699 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143107690 |
| Author: | Minsoo Kang |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 112g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Half fairy tale, half social protest novel, The Story of Hong Gildong is nothing less than the story of modern Korea itself * Washington Post *
Minsoo Kang
Minsoo Kang is an associate professor of European history at University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the author of Sublime Dreams of Living Machines: The Automaton in the European Imagination and coeditor of Visions of the Industrial Age, 1830-1914: Modernity and the Anxiety of Representation in Europe. He is also the author of a short story collection, Of Tales and Enigmas.
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