{"product_id":"ten-thousand-lives-ko-un-9781933382067","title":"Ten Thousand Lives: Maninbo, Volumes 1-10","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1933 in a small rural village in Korea's North Cholla Province, \u003cstrong\u003eKo Un\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in a Japanese-controlled land that was soon to experience the horrors of the Korean War. He became a Buddhist monk in 1952, and began writing in the late 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Thousand Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is his major, ongoing work, which began in prison with a determination to describe every person he had ever met or heard of. It tells the stories of many figures from Korean history, as well as children and poor people, who, without his poems, would have vanished into oblivion. Green Integer also published selections from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVols. 21-25\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2021) and from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVols. 26-30\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2023) of this magnum opus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eManinbo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, as it is known in Korea, represents one of the major classics of 20th-century Korean Literature. It currently contains 4,001 poems in 30 volumes. \u003cstrong\u003eKo Un\u003c\/strong\u003e has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ko Un\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933382066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933382067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Integer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.08h x 4.28w x 0.90d","brand":"Ko Un","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112794009855,"sku":"9781933382067","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfba3667-a2e9-4438-bc6d-2883aea7f4db.jpg?v=1769610984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ten-thousand-lives-ko-un-9781933382067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}