{"product_id":"from-wonso-pond-kang-kyong-ae-9781558616011","title":"From Wonso Pond","description":"A classic revolutionary novel of the 1930s and the first complete work written by a woman before the Korean War to be published in English, \u003ci\u003eFrom Wonso Pond\u003c\/i\u003e transforms the love triangle between three protagonists into a revealing portrait of the living conditions that led to modern Korea, both North and South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fatherless young girl now poised to become the victim of [the landlord's] lecherous fangs and paws,\" begins one of the original newspaper teasers describing \u003ci\u003eFrom Wonso Pond\u003c\/i\u003e and the fate of its heroine, Sonbi. In a plot rich with Dickensian overtones, the novel paints a vivid picture of life in what is now North Korea through the eyes of Sonbi, her childhood neighbor, Ch'otchae, and a restless law student, Sinch'ol, as they journey separately from a small, impoverished village ruled by the lecherous land baron to the port city of Inch'on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut life is hardly easier there, as Sonbi wears herself out boiling silk threads twelve hours a day while Ch'otchae and Sinch'ol load rice on the docks. All three become involved with underground activists, fighting the oppression of country and city, as well as their Japanese colonial rulers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kang Kyong-Ae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558616012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558616011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Kang Kyong-Ae","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980092506367,"sku":"9781558616011","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e4980ec-fa14-4ea4-b035-16ef0eec6c64.jpg?v=1683248346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-wonso-pond-kang-kyong-ae-9781558616011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}