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Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition
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Get $5 off $100 with Visa. Enter code VISAFIVE at checkout. Discount by Amazon. TermsIn this autobiography, Richard E. Kim paints seven vivid scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation during WWII, 1932 to 1945. Taking its title from the grim fact that the occupiers forced the Koreans to renounce their own names and adopt Japanese names instead, the book follows one Korean family through the Japanese occupation to the surrender of Japan and dissolution of the Japanese empire. Examining the intersections of Japanese and Korean history that influenced Korea-Japan relations at the time, Lost Names is at once a loving memory of family, an ethnography of Zainichi Koreans in 1930s Japan, and a vivid portrayal of human spirit in a time of suffering and survival.
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"This memorable document of courage and endurance is written with clarity and vigor, pierced with moments of poignant love and the blazing resentment of the young."-- "Saturday Review"
"The author's clear, evocative narrative describes a terrifying experience--foreign occupation. Its homely detail demonstrates how pervasive nationality is, and how painful any attempt to destroy it."-- "New Yorker"
"Lost Names is not a poem of hate, but a poem of love. . . . It is elegaic. It rises to moments of considerable dramatic power, but its finest moments, as when we see the cemeteries full of Koreans apologizing to their ancestors for having lost their names, are lyrical."-- "New York Times"
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Richard E. Kim (1932 - 2009) was a celebrated novelist, essayist, documentary filmmaker, and professor of literature at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Syracuse University, San Diego State University, and at Seoul National University. He was founder and president of Trans-Lit Agency, a literary agency devoted to establishing international copyright for works being published in Korea. His books include The Martyred (nominated for the National Book Award), The Innocent , and Lost Koreans in China and the Soviet Union: Photo Essays . He was recipient of the Ford Foundation Foreign Area Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship.
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ASIN : B00I6BTKV0
Publisher : University of California Press
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Publication date : 24 January 2014
Edition : 2nd
Language : English
File size : 1.3 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
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Print length : 226 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0520948129
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Austin Nicholson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good readReviewed in the United States on 11 August 2013
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Bought it for a class on World War II, thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel, provided a unique perspective on the Japanese occupation of Korea
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James
4.0 out of 5 stars FascinatingReviewed in Japan on 14 April 2021
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An interesting dive into a part of history I know so little about. Written seemingly without judgement.
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chief90
4.0 out of 5 stars Coming of Age in KoreaReviewed in the United States on 26 December 2012
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This was an extremely emotional book. This is a story of a young boy growing up in Korea and having to deal with Japanese influence. Family names are something that are important and this memoir reiterated the harsh realities of oppression. He recalls events from his adolescence. This was an extremely easy read and flowed very smoothly. Though it may be difficult to comprehend this as a historical document, it serves well to underscore the nature of Japanese occupation.
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Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Moving novel, historically informativeReviewed in the United States on 9 May 2020
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A wonderful coming-of-age story written with a lot of heart. Even though the product description claims it is an autobiography, the author's note itself says it is somewhere between memoir and fiction. Nevertheless, the historical events and context are a huge focus of the narrative, providing a human look at a time in history that I myself new little about. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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Luna
5.0 out of 5 stars Great readReviewed in the United States on 24 February 2020
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Bought for class. It was an interesting book.
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