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Can't I Go Instead scrap

Can't I Go Instead

Author(s)
Lee Geum-yi이금이
Translator(s)
An Seon JaeAn Seon Jae
Publisher
Scribe PublicationsScribe Publications
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Language
English(English)
Year Published
2023
Category
Literary Fiction 소설
Target User
Adult 성인
Period
Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

English

‘Can't I Go Instead’s complex and profoundly human characters will captivate, devastate, and move you, all at once.’

JUHEA KIM, AUTHOR OF BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND AND DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST

Two women's lives and identities are intertwined — through World War II and the Korean War — revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century.

Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army.

Years of hardship, survival, and even happiness follow. In the aftermath of WWII, the women make their way home, where they must reckon with the tangled lives they've led, in an attempt to reclaim their identities, and find their places in an independent Korea.

Reference

Scribe. "CAN’T I GO INSTEAD",https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/cant-i-go-instead-9781761380365. accessed 19 February 2024.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Lee Geum-yi이금이

‘Can't I Go Instead’s complex and profoundly human characters will captivate, devastate, and move you, all at once.’ JUHEA KIM, AUTHOR OF BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND AND DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST Two women's lives and identities are intertwined — through World War II and the Korean War — revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. Years of hardship, survival, and even happiness follow. In the aftermath of WWII, the women make their way home, where they must reckon with the tangled lives they've led, in an attempt to reclaim their identities, and find their places in an independent Korea.

Original Work 원작

Can't I Go Instead

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By Lee Geum-yi (이금이)

Sakyejul Publishing Ltd (2017)

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Can't I Go Instead by Lee Geum-yi BOOKLIST / 2023.05.01

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