The house with a sunken courtyard
By: Kim Won-il ; translated by Suh Ji-moon
Contributors: Sŏ, Chi-mun, translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: Library of Korean literature -- 6; Library of Korean literature -- 6.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781564789136
Subjects: Families; War and families; War and society; Korean War, 1950-1953; War victims; Fiction
Work titles: Madang kip'ŭn chip
Description: "An occasionally terrifying and always vivid portrayal of what it was like to live as a refugee immediately after the end of the Korean War. This novel is based on the author's own experience in his early teens in Daegu, in 1954, and depicts six families that survive the hard times together in the same house, weathering the tiny conflicts of interest and rivalries that spring up in such close quarters, but nonetheless offering one another sympathy and encouragement as fellow sufferers of the same national misfortune: brothers and sisters in privation"--
Notes: "Originally published in Korean as Madang kipʻŭn chip by Munhak kwa Chisŏngsa, Seoul, 1998"-- Verso title page.