The Guest

ISBN: 9781583226933

出版社: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

出版年: 2005-11

页数: 240

定价: CDN$ 38.95

装帧: HRD

内容简介

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.

作者简介

黄皙暎（1942-），南朝鲜当代著名作家，创作，出版了大量的文学作品，为了朝鲜半岛的和平统一，他多次造访朝鲜，会见金日成。《客人》曾在《韩国日报》上连载，并引起强烈反响。其实，“客人”是作家对移植人们心中的舶来品“基督教”的实指。值得一提的是，这部小说的结构借鉴了南朝鲜黄海道真挚老鬼巫术的流程进行了重组，是一部打破现实主义构架的新现实主义小说。

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