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At dusk / Hwang Sok-yong ; translated by Sora Kim-Russell.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Korean Publication details: Carlton North, VIC : Scribe Publications, 2018.Description: 188 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781925322934 (paperback)
  • 1925322939
  • 9781911617235
  • 1911617230
Uniform titles:
  • Haejil muryeop. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 895.73/4 23
LOC classification:
  • PL992.29.S6 A813 2018
Contents:
Fiction.
Awards:
  • Winner of the 2018 Emile Guimet Prize.
Summary: In the evening of his life, a wealthy man begins to wonder if he might have missed the point. Park Minwoo is a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighbourhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in his country. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But that all begins to change when he receives a message from a childhood friend he once loved. As memories return unbidden, he recalls a world he thought he had left behind--a world he now realises that he has helped to destroy.
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Fiction.

In the evening of his life, a wealthy man begins to wonder if he might have missed the point. Park Minwoo is a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighbourhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in his country. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But that all begins to change when he receives a message from a childhood friend he once loved. As memories return unbidden, he recalls a world he thought he had left behind--a world he now realises that he has helped to destroy.

Adult.

Translated from Korean.

Winner of the 2018 Emile Guimet Prize.

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