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Minsoo Kang, trans. “The Story of Hong Gildong” (Penguin Classics, 2016)

New Books in East Asian Studies

English - April 01, 2016 10:54 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
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Minsoo Kang‘s new translation of The Story of Hong Gildong (Penguin Classics, 2016) is a wonderful rendering of a text that is arguably the “single most important work of classic…prose fiction of Korea.” Though Hong Gildong is a popular figure in modern Korean culture – a kind of Robin Hood...
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Minsoo Kang‘s new translation of The Story of Hong Gildong (Penguin Classics, 2016) is a wonderful rendering of a text that is arguably the “single most important work of classic…prose fiction of Korea.” Though Hong Gildong is a popular figure in modern Korean culture – a kind of Robin Hood...

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