Comments on: Park Kyung-ni(ree), 1926-2008

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:29:41 +0000

The joongAng Ilbo also has another good article on her here.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:49:07 +0000

Doctors found a tumor in Park¡¯s lung last July but the writer refused to receive any medical treatment. Instead, she chose to reside at her writing school.

A dignified and peaceful ending to a long and fruitful life.

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:31:43 +0000

for those who don’t know what a
‘roman fleuve’(not pleuve) is:

a French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group

By: ohiforget

ohiforget — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:11:39 +0000

My wife’s parents live a 3-4 minute walk from her house. It’s a cool round house in Wonju in Dangu-dong. There is a little park there that has small scale replicas of areas she wrote about.

There was a banner outside wishing her to get well. We were just there for a wedding this weekend.
Most Koreans seem to know a bit about the book, but only the bravest have soldiered through it. It’s very long.. a “Roman Pleuve” is how they describe it.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:11:48 +0000

Yes, there is a paperback version of “the Land”, in Hangul, but it comes in twenty-one volumes since it is a story that stretches in time from 1897 until after the war. (You might want to stretch out the reading) Try a Naver search for distributors.

She did have a farm and here is another article on her.

By: bumfromkorea

bumfromkorea — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:42:50 +0000

Is that the one about a woman managing ginseng farms? It’s been a long time since I read it… kinda fuzzy.

By: megook

megook — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:56:31 +0000

i’ve never heard of the book until today. i’d like to read it, but $100 is a bit steep. anyone know where i could buy a korean paperback copy (if it exists at all, that is)?