Author: Mun-yol Yi
Publisher: Minumsa
Hardcover | 276 pages | 205*135mm
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| >>>This book is written in Korean. |
About This Book
Legendary writer Yi Mun-yol first met Kolleen Park, the famous musical
director, in New York in 1993 and decided he wanted to write a book
based on her stories. Park, the daughter of a Korean father and a
Lithuanian-American mother, grew up traveling between Korea and the U.S.
Yi was inspired by Park and the struggles with identity, heritage,
success and love of her Lithuanian aunts.
The heroine of the book, Kim Hye-ryeon, closely follows Park’s life.
Kim’s grandmother flees Lithuania with her daughter after the fall of
the Soviet Union and comes to Korea.
Born with musical talents and charismatic leadership, Kim’s life is full
of glamour as a musical director and a conductor of a city symphony
orchestra.
Yet her life is filled with darkness as well. Kim meets the love of her
life but goes through a devastating divorce only after three years of
tumultuous marriage.
In the end her career takes an unfavorable turn, and scarred, Kim leaves
Korea. Written from the perspective of Kim’s old friend, Yi masterfully
underscores the unfulfilled holes in Kim’s life left by her lonely and
artistic dilemmas encompassing dual identities — Lithuanian and Korean —
and acceptance.
— NOH HYUN-GI
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