{"product_id":"the-soil-yi-kwang-su-9781564789112","title":"The Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yi Kwang-Su\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156478911X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564789112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Kwang-Su","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989312766207,"sku":"9781564789112","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a36b812-51d3-471b-a27a-24bc09c94906.jpg?v=1683298795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soil-yi-kwang-su-9781564789112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}