(Archipelago, 2005) Translated by Yu Young-nan. First published in Korean in 1931 as 삼 대 and revised in 1948. Chronicles the lives of an extended wealthy family in Japanese-occupied Seoul. The old order gradually fades, the vultures descend for the pickings, while an underground of nationalists and socialists struggle to make a difference. Recommended. Available […]
Authors: Yom Sang-seop
Selected publications
- Anthology: On the Eve of the Uprising and Other Stories from Colonial Korea ed Sunyoung Park, Cornell East Asia Series 2010
- Yom Sang-seop: Three Generations tr Yu Young-nan, Archipelago 2006
- Anthology: A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction ed Kim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton, University of Hawai'i Press 1998