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The curious tale of mandogi's ghost scrap

The curious tale of mandogi's ghost

  • Author(s)

    Kim Sok Bom김석범

  • Translator(s)

  • Publisher

    Columbia University PressColumbia University Press

  • Country

    UNITED STATES

  • Language

    English(English)

  • Year Published

    2010

  • Target User

  • Period

Description 작품 소개

The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance. Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory. Reference : Columbia University Press. "The curious tale of mandogi's ghost", https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-curious-tale-of-mandogis-ghost/9780231153119. accessed 25 Oct 2023.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Kim Sok Bom

Kim Sok Bom김석범

The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance. Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory. Reference : Columbia University Press. "The curious tale of mandogi's ghost", https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-curious-tale-of-mandogis-ghost/9780231153119. accessed 25 Oct 2023.

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