Lost Names : Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from bokai

This book was required reading for a class that I didn't like, so it had two strikes against it already when I started it. I wasn't expecting much out of Lost Names, and because of this I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be an decent story about living in Korea during Japanese occup...

from antiquary

Poignant novel of Korean sorrows under Japanese occupation (1910 - 1945); the title derives from Japanese requirement that Koreans take Japanese names.

from bridgitshearth

I remember books that make me cry. This is one of them, specifically the chapter where the family dresses in traditional clothes and goes to the burial plot of their ancestors to apologize for having "lost"/given up the family name. Yes, this is written with YA in mind, but I will capture some of...

from bridgitshearth

I remember books that make me cry. This is one of them, specifically the chapter where the family dresses in traditional clothes and goes to the burial plot of their ancestors to apologize for having "lost"/given up the family name. Yes, this is written with YA in mind, but I will capture some of...