{"product_id":"mujong-the-heartless-2","title":"Mujong (The Heartless)","description":"\u003cp\u003eYi Kwang-su (1892–1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMujong (The Heartless)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heartless \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi HyÅng-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim SÅn-hyÅng is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak YÅng-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to HyÅng-sik whom she knew as a child. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heartless \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003egoes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity. A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heartless\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Yi Kwang-su. translated by Ann Sung-Hi Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574413131958,"sku":"9781942242277","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781942242277.jpg?v=1712217997","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/mujong-the-heartless-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}