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Namhansanseong Fortress

Author

Kim Hoon

Moon Bongsun

Publisher

Hakgojae Publishers

Categories

Literature & Fiction

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #Fiction
  • #history
  • #war
  • #Namhansanseong Fortress
  • #Byeongja Horan
  • #Joseon dynasty
  • #King Injo of Joseon
  • #Jujeonpa faction
  • #Juhwapa faction

Copyright Contact

Son Heemaes

  • Publication Date

    2017-07-05
  • No. of pages

    448
  • ISBN

    9788956253534
  • Dimensions

    140 * 205
Overview

This book is a piece of historical fiction that uses fictional imagination to mix the lives of the king, officials, and the people when the Qing dynasty invades Joseon with a large force of 100,000 and surrounds Namhansanseong fortress.

Book Intro

The author Kim Hoon portrays the winter of the Byeongja year when starving people and all sorts of rumors were running rampant, in a strict and elaborate style. The story is woven together with historical events including Injo of Joseon’s retreat to the Namhansanseong fortress during the Byeongjahoran, the Chinese invasion of Korea, the disputes between Jujeonpa and Juhwapa faction, and the painful lives of the people facing the last days of their country.

In the winter of 1636, more than 100,000 troops from the Qing dynasty enclosed the Namhansanseong fortress. Joseon was in a life-or-death situation; it had to either had to die beautifully or live in disgrace. The Cheokhwapa faction insisted that a representation of flowers would bloom in the fields where the dynasty collapsed. In contrast, the Juhwapa faction claimed that the eternity of the dynasty would cover up its humiliation. They stood against each other without compromise for 47 days.

The characters that appear in the novel but not in history make reading this book more interesting. A blacksmith and realist Seo Nalsoi, the captain of the Songpa ferry who fell to Kim Sangheon’s sword, and a young girl who pierced the enemy lines like haze and entered the fortress are symbolic characters in this novel. From the winter of 1636 and onto the next spring, the path that the Joseon dynasty cannot follow and the path that it should follow finally overlap.

Says author Kim, “This is fiction and should be read as fiction.” He goes on to emphasize “My descriptions of the characters with real names can never be historical evaluations on them.” Yet, the characters revived in Kim’s novel are vividly portrayed based on historical facts and his fictional imagination.

About the Author

Kim Hoon



Kim Hoon was born in 1948 in Seoul. After dropping out from the Department of English of Korea University, Kim began work as a newspaper reporter at Hankook Ilbo. Kim has also worked at Sisa Journal and Hankyoreh Newspaper. Kim became a novelist after quitting a previous job at a newspaper company. Kim has won various awards including the Dongin Literary Award, the Lee Sang Literary Award, the Hwang Soonwon Literary Award, and the Daesan Literary Award. Novels Kim has written include The Memories of the Comb-Pattern Pottery and The Song of Swords. Story collections Kim has published include Kangsanmujin. Essays Kim has published include The Books I Read and the World and The Bicycle Trip.

Moon Bongsun



Moon Bongsun graduated from Hongik University and the graduate school of the same name with a degree in Oriental Painting. Moon received her PhD from the Nanjin Institute of Arts and currently serves as an Art professor at Hongik University. Moon won the grand prizes from the JoongAng Art Contest and the Korean Art Contest in 1987 and received the Sun Art Award in 1992. Books Moon has published include Moon Bongsun, The Newly Drawn Plump, Orchid, Mum, and Bamboo, Seoraksan Mountain and The Bukhansan Mountain.

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