The ancient garden
By: Hwang Sok-Yong ; translated by Jay Oh
Contributors: Oh, Jay
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9780330456487
Subjects: Political prisoners; Fiction; Social life and customs
Work titles: Oraedoen chŏngwŏn
Description: Prisoner #1444, a political activist, has served nearly twenty years of a life sentence, but when the Korean government relaxes its stance on such dissidents, he finds himself up for the release.
Notes: "First published 2009 by Seven Stories Press, New York, as The old garden"--T.p. verso.