{"product_id":"fruit-of-life-kim-myeong-sun-9781978846517","title":"Fruit of Life: Poems, a Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Myeong-sun is Korea's first published woman writer. \u003ci\u003eFruit of Life: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (생명의 과실 김명순 시선) is the first book-length, Korean-to-English translation of her poetry. Kim's poems offer a raw portrait of 1920s-30s Korea, driven by her personal experiences of sexual assault, misogynistic journalism and criticism, displacement, and poverty during the Japanese colonial occupation (1910- 1945). Alongside feminist and anti-colonial critique, Kim also writes about sapphic desire, familial affection, and nature, in styles that range from the traditional to the experimental. While Kim's work was erased from the canon by Korea's misogynistic literary establishment, \u003ci\u003eFruit of Life\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the legacy of Kim's radical, versatile poetry, which paved the way for contemporary Korean women writers like Kim Hyesoon and Han Kang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish-Korean Bilingual Edition \u003cbr\u003e영-한 이중언어판\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is published with the support of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e한국 여성 최초로 작품집을 출간한 김명순(1896-1954?) 작가가 『생명의 과실 김명순 시선』으로 영어권 독자들을 만난다. 1920-30년대 조선 사회의 민낯을 강렬하고 가감 없는 언어로 담아낸 김명순의 시는, 식민지배에 대한 저항, 가부장제의 폭력에 맞선 여성 연대, 여성 간 유대와 애정, 그리고 사랑이 지닌 무한한 힘을 노래한다.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Myeong-Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978846517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978846517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kim Myeong-Sun","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443136344319,"sku":"9781978846517","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a993d420-7d4f-4a3d-bf98-6c949f4ad704.jpg?v=1777202077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fruit-of-life-kim-myeong-sun-9781978846517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}