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Black Flower Paperback / softback - 2013
by Young-Ha Kim
- New
- Paperback
"This sprawling epic novel dips heavily into the concurrent Mexican revolution and the treatment of the Mayans. Spare and beautiful, Kim's novel offers a look at the roots of the little-known tribulations of the Korean diaspora in Mexico." —Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review
Description
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Details
- Title Black Flower
- Author Young-Ha Kim
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books
- Date 2013-10-29
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780544106390
- ISBN 9780544106390 / 0544106393
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Korean
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Aboard the ship, orphan Ijeong fell in love with a noble’s daughter; separated when the hacendados claim their laborers, he vows to find her. Then, after years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution. A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world, Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history.
From the rear cover
In 1904, facing war and the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans leave their homes for the promise of land in unknown Mexico. After a long sea voyage, these emigrants thieves and royals, priests and soldiers, orphans and entire families discover that they have been sold into indentured servitude.
Aboard the ship, the orphan Ijeong fell in love with a nobleman s daughter; separated when the hacendados claim their laborers, he vows to find her. Then, after years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution. A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world, "Black Flower" is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history.
Kim is at the leading edge of a new breed of South Korean writers. "Philadelphia City Paper"
Spare and beautiful. "Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Readers who remember the historical fiction of Thomas B. Costain, Zoe Oldenbourg and Anya Seton will appreciate [Kim s] extensive research and empathic imagination." "Kirkus Reviews"
YOUNG-HA KIM s Black Flower won Korea s Dong-in Award. Kim is one of the most talented and prolific Korean writers of his generation, with five novels and three collections of short stories, including his acclaimed debut, I Have the Right to Destroy Myself.
Author photograph (c) E. S. Chang
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$14.95
ISBN 978-0-544-10639-0
Fiction
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