Wann kommt Mama?

by Tae-Jun Lee, Dong-Seong Kim (Illustrator), Andreas Schirmer (Translator)

text in Korean, story involving a small boy, several trains he doesn't take and a city which eventually ends up covered in snow, color illustrations

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1938

About the author

Tae Jun Lee was born in Korea in 1904 and, poignantly, was orphaned as a child. He wrote his most famous stories, including many for children and young adults, during the 1930s.

His works are well-loved in Korea for their poetic prose and emotional sensitivity.

After Korea's liberation in 1945, Lee settled in North Korea and was a war correspondent during the Korean War (1950 - 1953). Little is known of his activities thereafter, except that he disappeared in 1956, presumed purged by the North Korean Communist Party.

(from http://www.wilkinsfarago.com.au/tae_j...)

Reviews

[E · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is just bizarre. The illustrations are beautiful, but the story is harrowing. I like to give books originally written in a foreign language the benefit of the doubt that something could be lost in the translation, but if that's the case, it was something big. Not recommended for young children.