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The Age of Heroes

work by Yi

Also known as: “Yŏngung sidae”

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In Yi Munyŏl
In Yŏngung sidae (1984; The Age of Heroes), Yi imaginatively reconstructed what he imagined his father’s life might have been like after his defection to communist North Korea. In each of the 16 short stories making up Kŭdae tasbi nŭn kohyang e kaji mot’ari (1980; You Can’t Go Home…
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