Sok-Yong Hwang Livres

Hwang Sok-yong entraîne le lecteur dans l'Asie du 19e siècle, dans un monde de commerce d'opium et de prostitution. Vendue par sa belle-mère, Shim Chong est emmenée sur un navire marchand vers la Chine à seulement 15 ans. Elle se retrouve comme seconde épouse d'un vieil homme chinois sur le continent, où elle prend le nom de Lenhwa, Lotosblüte. Tout est terriblement différent de ce qu'elle connaissait. Cependant, un jour, elle découvre qu'elle peut aussi prendre sa vie en main. Ce récit explore les thèmes de la résilience, de l'identité et de la quête de liberté dans un contexte historique tumultueux.

The essential account of the South Korean 1980 pro-democracy rebellion.

A sweeping account of modern Korean history told through one writer's imprisonment-in time, in language, and in a divided country-from Korea's most acclaimed novelist.

Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation's search for reconciliation. During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty-two day massacre. In an act of collective amnesia the atrocities were attributed to American military, but in truth they resulted from malicious battling between Christian and Communist Koreans. Forty years later, Ryu Yosop, a minister living in America returns to his home village, where his older brother once played a notorious role in the bloodshed. Besieged by vivid memories and visited by the troubled spirits of the deceased, Yosop must face the survivors of the tragedy and lay his brother's soul to rest. Faulkner-like in its intense interweaving narratives, The Guest is a daring and ambitious novel from a major figure in world literature.

A vibrant and enchanting novel from one of Korea's most celebrated writers. When 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive at Flower Island -- a vast landfill site on the outskirts of Seoul -- they soon become part of the eclectic community of impoverished outsiders who make their living weeding recyclables from the rubbish. Then, one night, Bugeye notices mysterious lights dancing around the landfill ... Could it be the island's ancient spirits? Is his luck about to change? Familiar Thingsdepicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change. It is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away.

In the evening of his life, a wealthy man begins to wonder if he might have missed the point.Park Minwoo is, by every measure, a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighbourhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in a rapidly modernising society. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But when his company is investigated for corruption, he’s forced to reconsider his role in the transformation of his country.At the same time, he receives an unexpected message from an old friend, Cha Soona, a woman that he had once loved, and then betrayed. As memories return unbidden, Minwoo recalls a world he thought had been left behind — a world he now understands that he has helped to destroy.In At Dusk, one of Korea's most renowned and respected authors continues his gentle yet urgent project of evaluating Korea’s past, and examining the things, and the people, that have been given up in a never-ending quest to move forward.

International Booker-nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story -- an epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century of Korean history. Centred on three generations of a family of rail workers and a laid-off factory worker staging a high-altitude sit-in, MATER 2-10vividly depicts the lives of ordinary working Koreans, starting from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century. It is at once a powerful account that captures a nation's longing for a rail line to reconnect North and South, a magical-realist novel that depicts reflect the lives of modern industrial workers, and a culmination of Hwang's career -- a masterpiece thirty years in the making. A true voice of a generation, Hwang shows again why he is unmatched when it comes to depicting the grief of a divided nation and bringing to life the cultural identity and trials and tribulations of the Korean people.

Am Rand der südkoreanischen Metropole Seoul liegt die „Blumeninsel“, eine gigantische Müllhalde, Lebensgrundlage und Wohnstätte einer Kolonie von Ausgestoßenen. Hier landet der Held des Romans, der 14-jährige „Glupschaug“, zusammen mit seiner Mutter, für die sich ein in der Hackordnung weit oben stehender Müllhaldenbewohner interessiert. Dieser „Baron“ ist für den Helden eine verhasste Stiefvaterfigur. Mit „Glatzfleck“, dem Sohn des Barons, freundet sich „Glupschaug“ jedoch an und lernt von ihm alles, was man zum Überleben wissen muss. "Vertraute Welt" ist eine Kritik an der modernen Wegwerfgesellschaft. Der Roman zeigt, was hinter dem raschen wirtschaftlichen Aufstieg eines Landes steckt, das Menschen ebenso aussondert wie Müll. Unverhofftes Opfer des zweifelhaften Fortschritts ist auch eine Bande altkoreanischer Kobolde, mit denen sich „Glupschaug“ und „Glatzfleck“ anfreunden. Für die beiden Jugendlichen wendet sich damit das Blatt, zumindest vorerst …

Nienawiść jest piekłem, które sami sobie zgotowaliśmy. Bari, uciekając z Korei Północnej przed głodem, odnajduje schronienie w Chinach, a następnie w Londynie. Tam, w wielokulturowym mieście, staje w obliczu przemocy i wrogości wobec obcych, ale także odnajduje nadzieję. Jako masażystka łagodzi ból fizyczny i emocjonalny, wykorzystując swoje nadprzyrodzone zdolności. Księżniczka Bari to współczesna reinterpretacja koreańskiego mitu, w której Hwang Sok-yong splata trudną rzeczywistość z elementami magii. Autor opisuje rozpacz, wojnę i terror, oddając głos osobom dotkniętym wykluczeniem. Porusza tematy odrzucenia przez patriarchalną rodzinę, wymuszonej wędrówki w poszukiwaniu lepszego życia oraz leczenia ran przekazywanych z pokolenia na pokolenie. Przerwanie tej sztafety bólu jest kluczowe dla stworzenia bardziej gościnnego świata. Hwang Sok-yong, uznawany za jednego z najważniejszych pisarzy Korei Południowej, w swoich dziełach bada ludzką samotność i wyobcowanie. Jego twórczość, oparta na osobistych doświadczeniach, zdobyła liczne nagrody i uznanie na międzynarodowej scenie literackiej.