The Soil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564789112)

A major, never before translated novel by the author of "Muj?ng / The Heartless"--often called the first modern Korean novel--"The Soil" tells the story of an idealist dedicating his life to helping the inhabitants of the rural community in which he was raised. Striving to influence the poor farmers of the time to improve their lots, become self-reliant, and thus indirectly change the reality of colonial life on the Korean peninsula, "The Soil" was vitally important to the social movements of the time, echoing the effects and reception of such English-language novels as Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."

Author: Yi Kwang-Su
ISBN-10: 156478911X
ISBN-13: 9781564789112
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2013
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.60d