Sop'yonje : the blind singer
Yi, Ch'ŏng-jun2011
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A disturbing and haunting novel set in Korea's southern provinces among the p'ansori singers, where blindness is seen to be an aid to creating pure art, free of sensory distraction. A 'Song Man' causes his daughter's blindness in order to keep her from following her half-brother, who has run away.
Main title:
Sop'yonje : the blind singer / Yi Cho'ong Jun.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Peter Owen, 2011.
Collation:
220 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Korean.
ISBN:
9780720613599 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.734
Language:
EnglishKorean
BRN:
329848