[KS] 1. "The Martyred" (David Kim)
jshkim at ucla.edu
jshkim at ucla.edu
Tue Jun 14 20:13:41 EDT 2011
Dear Dr. Kim,
Thank you for bringing attention to Richard Kim's work "The Martyred"
(Sungyoja). If I may, I would like to add an interesting tid-bit
regarding the novel.
When the novel was released, it aroused much ire from some of the
conservative Korean protestant pastors who felt that the novel did not
accurately portray the martyrdom of the Korean Christians who have
been killed by the North Korean communists in particular.
They organized fundraising campaigns to produce a biopic of Pastor Son
Yangw^on, the former pastor for Aeyangwon Leprosarium in Y^osu to show
what true Korean Christian martyr looked like. The film was
ultimately made in 1977.
Pastor Son Yangw^on of course, had been killed by North Korean
communist during Korean War and his two sons purported killed by
Communist guerillas during the Yosun Incident of 1948.
Sincerely,
Jane Kim
Ph.D.Candidate, Korean History, UCLA
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> Dear Korean Studies Colleagues:
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> It gives me great pleasure to share with you this news on the
> re-release of "The Martyred."
>
> David Kim
>
>
> ***
>
> Penguin Classics proudly presents the New York Times bestseller and
> National Book Award Finalist back in print for the first time in
> twenty-five years?
>
>
> THE MARTYRED
>
> Richard E. Kim
>
> With an introduction by Heinz Insu Fenkl
> and a foreword by Susan Choi
>
>
> PRAISE FOR THE MARTYRED:
> [cid:612401219 at 13062011-2114]
> ?Written in a mood of total austerity; and yet the passion of the
> book is perpetually beating up against its seemingly barren
> surface?I am deeply moved.?
> ?Philip Roth
>
>
> ?An extraordinary book. To take one incident and through it express
> the universal need of the human heart for God?the agony of doubt
> combined with the longing to believe, is difficult indeed. Kim has
> accomplished just this.?
>
> ?Pearl S. Buck
>
>
>
> ?Kim?s book stands out as one written in the great moral and
> psychological tradition of Job, Dostoevsky, and Albert Camus?it is a
> magnificent achievement, and it will last.
>
> ?The New York Times Book Review
> \
>
> RICHARD KIM?s breathtaking novel, THE MARTYRED (Penguin Classics;
> ISBN: 978-0-14-310640-1; On-Sale 5/31/11; $16.00; 240 pages; also
> available as an e-book), begins during the early weeks of the Korean
> War. Captain Lee, a young South Korean officer, is ordered to
> investigate the kidnapping and mass murder of North Korean ministers
> by Communist forces. For propaganda purposes, the priests are
> declared martyrs, but as he delves into the crime, Lee finds himself
> asking: what if they are not martyrs? What if they renounced their
> faith in the face of death, failing both God and country? Should
> the people be fed this lie? Part thriller, part mystery, part
> existential treatise, THE MARTYRED is a stunning meditation on
> truth, religion, and faith in the time of crisis.
>
> THE MARTYRED is a moving modern classic that will appeal to fans of
> Chang-Rae Lee?s The Surrendered, and its publication is timed to
> coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War (June 1950
> to July 1953). It also follows the recent publication of the
> fortieth anniversary edition of Richard Kim?s LOST NAMES from
> University of California Press (ISBN: 9780520268128; on sale: March
> 2011; $18.95).
>
> ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
> Richard E. Kim (1932-2009) was born Kim Eun Kook in Hamheung, Korea.
> After an honorable discharge from the Republic of South Korea?s
> army, he immigrated to the United States, where he rose to
> prominence as an academic and a writer of novels, including The
> Innocent and Lost Names.
>
> Heinz Insu Fenkl is the director of the creative writing program at
> the State University of New York, New Paltz.
>
> Susan Choi is the author of A Person of Interest, The Foreign
> Student, and American Woman, a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize.
>
> THE MARTYRED
> by Richard E. Kim with an introduction by Heinz Insu Fenkl and a
> foreword by Susan Choi
> Penguin Classics ? 978-0-14-310640-1 ? On-Sale 5/31/11? $16.00 ? 240 pages
> Also available as an e-book.
>
> For more information or to schedule an interview with Heinz Insu
> Fenkl or Susan Choi, please contact:
>
> Langan Kingsley
> 212.366.2226 / langan.kingsley at us.penguingroup.com
>
> Please visit:
>
> http://www.richardekim.com/
> http://us.penguingroup.com<http://us.penguingroup.com/>.
>
> ***
> David L. Kim
> Coordinator, Luce Scholars Program
> The Asia Foundation
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> Email: dkim at asiafound-dc.org<mailto:dkim at asiafound-dc.org>
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