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Suni Samchon (Bi-lingual, Vol 3 – Division)

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Publisher: , 2012
Original title: 순이삼촌, 1978
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Hyun Ki-young was born on Jeju Island in 1941 and graduated from Seoul National University. He has served as the Managing Director of the National Literary Writers Association and as the President of the Korean Arts & Culture Foundation (2003). Hyun was also the director of the Committee for the Investigation of the April 3rd Jeju Uprising as well as the President of the Jeju Institute for the Investigation of Social Problems.

LKL says:

Well worth investigating as a way into the pain of the Jeju 4:3 incident.

LKL rating: score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0. Read our review of this book here.

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