The Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea 9780824864644

Although little known in the West, Kajiyama Toshiyuki was one of Japan's most prolific and popular writers. The son

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English Pages 192 [193] Year 1995

The Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea
9780824864644

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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
The Clan Records
Seeking Life amidst Death: The Last Day of the War
When the Hibiscus Blooms
The Remembered Shadow of the Yi Dynasty
A Crane an a Dunghill: Seoul in 1936

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