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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
A fascinating curated collection of interviews of Koreans remembering stories from the lives under Japanese colonial rule. First-hand accounts and individual stories play a significant role in how we understand complicated and difficult periods of history, and this volume certainly adds complexity to conventional narratives of colonial Korea.
A great read for anyone looking to learn about this period. Some chapters focus on one individual’s story while others are comprised of several accounts, making it a light read.
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I feel like anytime I learn anything about Korea I realize I know basically nothing about Korea. Fantastic, easy to understand, and with a ton of great stories.
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
A oral histories from ordinary Koreans that lived through the Japanese annexation in the 1900s. Fascinating to read about their hopes and fears, and to learn the details of how the Japanese exerted oppressive control over all aspects of life.
As the EIC of a Korea-based magazine that has often wrestled with the question of how to turn the translated comments of Korean elders into interesting reading, 수고하셨습니다...
Powerful personal accounts of the Japanese occupation of Korea during the second World War. Don't have much to say besides that.