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Red Island

Author

Kim Yucheol

Publisher

SANZINI

Categories

Literature & Fiction

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Malaysia

Keywords

  • #Liberatio
  • #ideology
  • #Jeju 4.3 Uprising and Massacre
  • #Visiting Korean Book Fair 2021 France&Belgium

Copyright Contact

Kang Sugeul

  • Publication Date

    2015-07-31
  • No. of pages

    352
  • ISBN

    9788965453079
  • Dimensions

    152 * 223
Overview

Based on an enormous amount of materials about Korea’s liberation from Japan, this book shows the violence and the scars of the times when ideologies ruled society.

Book Intro

(English) In April after national liberation, Jeju Island sank into a swamp of ideologies
  During the time of Japanese occupation in Korea, Bang Man Sik, who was drafted to serve the Japanese military army on behalf of Kim Heon Il as requested by Kim Heon Il’s father, went through appalling hardship. In the wake of liberation, he finally comes back to his own country. However, the world that he encounters after returning home is quite different from what he had dreamed of. He is taken to the police and tortured for no reason and is released only through the help of Kim Heon Il. Bang Man Sik feels skeptical about how things work and dreams of a world revolution so that the people of Jeju can live happily.
  One day, Heon Il’s elder brother Kim Jong Il comes to the village accompanied by the notorious Seocheong and a police executive from the mainland, which draws criticism from the villagers. Kim Heon Il also is disappointed in his brother, but as Han Seok Hee, who is pregnant with his brother’s baby, comes home, he hopes that he can manage a harmonious life with his family.
  During that time, riots break out in Jeju. Kim Jong Il senses danger and plans to leave with his wife and child.  But that night, he and Kim Heon Il are kidnapped by men with faces covered with charcoal. The men beat them up and, while taking them to another place, release Kim Heon Il and disappear only with Kim Jong Il. Meanwhile, Hong Seong Su, a man from the mainland, falls in love with Gwon Yu Sun, who is from Jeju. As the situation on Jeju becomes dangerous, he decides to escape to Seoul with her. On Jeju Island, people are confused about the chaos and rage against the reality after liberation, which is totally different from their expectations.
Unchanging world and changing people
 『Red Island』 not only deals with historical events but also focuses on the people who are caught in the whirlwind of the events.
  The outsider Hong Seong Su meets his death alongside the people of Jeju while the insider Kim Heon Il stands against the people from his hometown, including his childhood friend Bang Man Sik.
  This story reveals the scars from a cruel age and painful history through the eyes of different people. The conversation between two friends who have to kill each other and the mind of a man who needs to protect his lover during such a dark time make readers face the wounds inflicted by a savage history.

 

(French) <L’île rouge>

Le livre décrit la violence et la blessure de l’ère où l’idéologie domine en se basant sur de vastes données sur l'ère post-libération. Ainsi, le livre contient les destins des personnages qui changent dans cette situation. A l'île Jeju, les gens sont confus à cause du changement du monde du jour au lendemain après la libération de Corée. Les habitants de la péninsule coréenne appellent cette île Jeju l'île rouge. Ce roman contient les personnages qui font face à des temps sombres et leurs destins croisés ; le personnage principal, Heon-il KIM qui est intellectuel de la classe des propriétaires et collaborateurs du Japon, son ami berger Man-sik Bang de Mokdong qui était réquisitionné à la place du protagoniste, Jong-il KIM, un frère aîné du protagoniste qui dirige une entreprise et s'empresse auprès de la police et le gouvernement militaire, et Seong-su HONG venant de la Péninsule qui tombe amoureux avec une fille d’île Jeju, Yoo-sun KWON. 

About the Author

Kim Yucheol



(English) Kim Yucheol won the 2009 Busan Ilbo Spring Literary Contest and made his literary debut when he was awarded the 15th Munhak Dongnae Writer Award in 2010. His works include 『Call 24』 and 『The Tale of Hong Gildong Who You First Meet』.

 

(French) Né à Busan en 1971, l’auteur reçoit le premier grand prix de la littérature coréenne en ligne pour son livre Bague d’Osiris, le prix stylo d’or pour son livre Défenseur public - cet été 1. En 2009, il reçoit le prix littéraire du concours de littérature annuel printanier Busan-ilbo(Journal Busan) pour son roman marin Grand héritage et le prix de l'écrivain Munhakdongne pour son roman Hiver de Sarada Hampberton. Il publie ses longs romans, Hiver de Sarada Hampberton, Red et ses courts romans, addiction, Souvenirs de Mitsuko, Amoureux, etc.. 

Recommendation

Jeju Ilbo(2015) The novel sheds light on people caught in the tragedy of history and depicts the ruthless repression of the people’s resistance as well as the desperate struggles of those who are forced to choose between the North or South at the risk of their lives.


Selection

Selected as a beneficiary of the Arco Literature Fund in 2013 by Arts Council Korea


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