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A Secret Agent (Book 2)
: Korean History Series vol. 6 and 7: Hong Sanghwa

Author

Hong Sanghwa

Publisher

Korean Literature Co., Ltd.

Categories

Literature & Fiction

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #Secret Agent; Division of Korea; Reunification; the Korean War

Copyright Contact

Lee Eunyoung

  • Publication Date

    2016-07-15
  • No. of pages

    232
  • ISBN

    9788987527512
  • Dimensions

    120 * 188
Overview

This book deals with people who seek human nature beyond ideology and reveals the truth of life through a North Korean spy and a South Korean secret agent.

Book Intro

A North Korean spy abandons his ideology and seeks true human nature.
The division of the Korean peninsula and the clash of ideologies pose the most urgent challenge for Korean people, so much so that all other problems in everyday life are rendered secondary. On the surface, A Secret Agent brings these issues to the forefront through the story of a South Korean secret agent who chases after a mysterious North Korean spy. However, as the story continues, it becomes evident that the book probes into the most fundamental issues of life or ideals pursued by individuals. A North Korean spy named Jeong Sayong and a South Korean secret agent named Kim Gyeongcheol are the protagonists of Parts 1 and 2 of this book, respectively.

They long for the purity of human essence.
The lives of Jeong Sayong and Kim Gyeongcheol seem to draw a sharp ideological contrast between North and South Korea. At first they choose to live by their principles, but they soon realize the futility of systems and ideologies and become tormented with self-doubt. They begin to wish that their lives could be free from the influence of systems or ideologies. Their skepticism of ideology can be seen as the process of returning to the fundamental purity of human nature. And that purity is without a doubt found in the human relationships that form the basis of life.
Although the story revolves around a North Korean spy and a South Korean secret agent against the backdrop of the Korean War, the division between North and South, the Cold War, and anti-communism, the ultimate message concerns human nature, which transcends ideology. In other words, this book emphasizes the important fact that no system or ideology can violate the fundamental values of life.

About the Author

Hong Sanghwa



Graduating from Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, Hong Sanghwa started his career as a writer in 1989 with his novel The Intelligence Agent. This novel was made into a movie and won the Best Script Award from Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Novels written by Hong Sanghwa include Age of Bubble (vol.3 total), Yoke of Man, Beomseom Offing, and Dystopian Korea.Short story collections created by Hong include Two Women Who Overcame the War and Our Two Women. Hong Sanghwa won the 12th Isu Literary Award with his novel Camellia in 2005. Hong has served as the chief editor for the literary magazine Korean Literature and as an adjunct professor in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Incheon National University.

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