Shadow of Arms - Softcover

Hwang Sok-yong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609805070 ISBN 13: 9781609805074

Publisher: Seven Stories Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Shadow Of Arms examines the phenomenon of an intrinsically capitalist war: looking to expand their imperialistic market control to include the rest of Southeast Asia, America's 'Vietnamese intervention' was considered to be the quickest, most efficient means of achieving this end. In essence, the war itself was a kind of business being conducted on a rather grandiose scale. As such, The Shadow Of Arms uses the back alley black markets of the Vietnam War as its stage, a market that turns into a setting more fitting than any jungle to discover the core of the war.

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About the Author

HWANG SOK-YONG is one of the contemporary masters of Korean literature. His work, which grapples with the troubled history of his divided country, has resulted in his imprisonment, his exile, and the rare achievement of a wide international readership. Hwang's novels in English includeThe Old Garden, a tragic love story set against the backdrop of the end of the Cold War and South Korea's political revolution of the eighties; The Guest, based on the true account of a violent clash between Communist and Christian neighbors in a Korean village town; and The Shadow of Arms, inspired by his experience as a Korean soldier in the Vietnam War. Some of his recent bestsellers in Korea, where Hwang is among that country's most popular writers, includeBaridegi (Princess Bari) and Gaebapbaragibyeol (The Evening Star), a coming of age novel that Hwang wrote as a blog.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609805070
• ISBN 13: 9781609805074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512