Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 192 g
Reihe: Weatherhead Books on Asia
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 192 g
Reihe: Weatherhead Books on Asia
ISBN: 978-0-231-15311-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press
The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance.
Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory.
