Meeting With My Brother: A Novella (weatherhead Books On Asia)
by Mun-yol Yi /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Yi Mun-yol's
Yi Mun-yol'sMeeting with My Brother
Meeting with My Brother is narrated by a
middle-aged South Korean professor, also named Yi, whose father
abandoned his family and defected to the North at the outbreak of
the Korean War. Many years later, despite having spent most of his
life under a cloud of suspicion as the son of a traitor, Yi is
prepared to reunite with his father. Yet before a rendezvous on the
Chinese border can be arranged, his father dies. Yi then learns for
the first time that he has a half-brother, whom he chooses to meet
instead. As the two confront their shared legacy, their encounter
takes a surprising turn.
is narrated by a
middle-aged South Korean professor, also named Yi, whose father
abandoned his family and defected to the North at the outbreak of
the Korean War. Many years later, despite having spent most of his
life under a cloud of suspicion as the son of a traitor, Yi is
prepared to reunite with his father. Yet before a rendezvous on the
Chinese border can be arranged, his father dies. Yi then learns for
the first time that he has a half-brother, whom he chooses to meet
instead. As the two confront their shared legacy, their encounter
takes a surprising turn.Meeting with My Brother
Meeting with My Brother represents the political and
psychological complexity of Koreans on both sides of the border,
offering a complex yet poignant perspective on the divisions
between the two countries. Through a series of charged
conversations, Yi explores the nuances of reunification, both
political and personal. This semiautobiographical account draws on
Yi's own experience of growing up with an absent father who
defected to the North and the stigma of family disloyalty. First
published in Korea in 1994,
represents the political and
psychological complexity of Koreans on both sides of the border,
offering a complex yet poignant perspective on the divisions
between the two countries. Through a series of charged
conversations, Yi explores the nuances of reunification, both
political and personal. This semiautobiographical account draws on
Yi's own experience of growing up with an absent father who
defected to the North and the stigma of family disloyalty. First
published in Korea in 1994,Meeting with My Brother
Meeting with My Brother is a
moving and illuminating portrait of the relationships sundered by
one of the world's starkest barriers.
is a
moving and illuminating portrait of the relationships sundered by
one of the world's starkest barriers.