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Task #9: A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
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last updated Dec 23, 2018 05:23AM
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Read Harder 2018: Book of Colonial or Postcolonial Literature
This book begins in 1910 in Korea, right after its colonization by Japan. As Japan began to annex land and raise taxes, many Koreans were left with little money or choices other than to travel to Japan in hopes of some way to scrape by a living.
A young Korean girl named Sunja becomes pregnant by a wealthy Korean man Hansu who lives in Japan but visits Korea often. When Sunja finds out Hansu is married in Japan and simply wants to keep ...more
This book begins in 1910 in Korea, right after its colonization by Japan. As Japan began to annex land and raise taxes, many Koreans were left with little money or choices other than to travel to Japan in hopes of some way to scrape by a living.
A young Korean girl named Sunja becomes pregnant by a wealthy Korean man Hansu who lives in Japan but visits Korea often. When Sunja finds out Hansu is married in Japan and simply wants to keep ...more
Jun 19, 2018
Megan
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historical-fiction
Loved this story of Korean immigrants in Japan. I always enjoy when a work of historical fiction helps me understand a time and place I was unfamiliar with, and this is one of those perfect examples. This is why stories are important and need to be told. The one criticism I have is that it seemed to be a little disjointed in the end...she was trying to tell too many different stories and could have just honed in on a few.
Sep 20, 2017
Wendy E.
marked it as to-read
Jun 09, 2018
Audacia Ray
rated it
it was amazing
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read-in-2018,
fiction
Dec 05, 2017
Erin
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Dec 18, 2017
Aubrey
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Dec 28, 2017
Leeann
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Nov 22, 2022
Jenny
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really liked it
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rockin-ladies-bookclub
Mar 19, 2018
Kelly
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Apr 12, 2018
Rivkah
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Jul 08, 2018
Liz
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Mar 11, 2019
Elizabeth
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