The Grass Roof Younghill Kang

Kang younghill was the first korean american writer and a pioneer of asian american literature in the united states.

The grass roof younghill kang.

Most acclaimed for his novels the grass roof and east goes west he carries the title the father of korean american literature. Welcome sign in. Younghill kang june 5 1898 december 2 1972 korean name 강용흘 was an important early asian american writer. Portrait of younghill kang.

There is no doubt that westerners i e. He is best known for his 1931 novel the grass roof the first korean american novel and its sequel the 1937 fictionalized memoir east goes west. Read the grass roof by younghill kang really interesting learned about a part of the world and it s history i knew nothing about. Volume 63 issue 4 florence ayscough.

See search results for this author. The grass roof hardcover january 1 1966 by younghill kang author visit amazon s younghill kang page. Charles scribner s sons 1931. Younghill kang s east goes west is a heady mix of high and low.

Why younghill kang s east goes west endures. The making of an oriental yankee. Basically it s about korea at the beginning of the 20th c just about to be fully colonized by japan and never to go back to how things used to be. He also wrote an unpublished play murder in the royal palace which was performed both in the.

Kang s debut the grass roof 1931 captures the twilight of the korean kingdom in the first two decades of the twentieth century as japan colonizes the peninsula. New york and london. Find all the books read about the author and more. Are you an author.

A children s book based on kang s early life entitled the happy grove was published in 1933 and east goes west was released in 1937. Kang s first book the grass roof was published by scribner s in 1931. European descended white american people is the audience here which is reflected in language explanations and message directing. 8 5 pp.

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