At dusk / Hwang Sok-yong ; translated by Sora Kim-Russell.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Publication details: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia : Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Scribe Publications, 2018. Description: 188 pages ; 20 cmISBN: 9781911617235 (pbk.)Subject(s): Architects -- Korea (South) -- Fiction | Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Seoul (Korea) -- FictionOther classification: PZ HWA 2018 Summary: Park Minwoo is, by every measure, a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighborhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in a rapidly modernizing society. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But when his company is investigated for corruption, he's forced to reconsider his role in the transformation of his country. At the same time, he receives an unexpected message from an old friend, Cha Soona, a woman that he had once loved, and then betrayed. As memories return unbidden, Minwoo recalls a world he thought had been left behind--a world he now understands that he has helped to destroy.
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Universiti Teknologi Brunei Library - at level 1 | PZ HWA 2018 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | Reg. no. 017247(H)_UTB | 902993 |
Translation of: Haejil muryeop.
Park Minwoo is, by every measure, a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighborhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in a rapidly modernizing society. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But when his company is investigated for corruption, he's forced to reconsider his role in the transformation of his country. At the same time, he receives an unexpected message from an old friend, Cha Soona, a woman that he had once loved, and then betrayed. As memories return unbidden, Minwoo recalls a world he thought had been left behind--a world he now understands that he has helped to destroy.
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