The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost
Auteur(s)
Kim, Sok-Bom (1925-....)
Kim, Sok-Bom (1925-....)
Editeur(s)
Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press
Date de parution :
01/09/2010
Expédié sous 48h
26,00 €
Livraison France à 7,90 € et à 5,90 € à partir de 45 € d'achat
Ean :
9780231153119
Pages :
114
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Résumé
The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance.
Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory.