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| Title | : | The Martyred (Penguin Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143106406 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
I am deeply moved." -Philip Roth 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 were 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 times of crisis.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. "Written in a mood of t
not an ordinary fiction about war and atrocity Considering the reception this book received when it was first published in 196not an ordinary fiction about war and atrocity whj Considering the reception this book received when it was first published in 1964, and the remarkable literary accomplishment by this author(the author was once considered for Nobel prize), this book is not very well known. I don't remember how I have learned about this one, but boy! I am glad to have found it. The author is Korean born, and came to the US as adult after the Korean War, but he wrote this book in English, which is by itself unbelievable. I have read many good books about war, so I wasn't very excited about reading another one, but this one really stood out. I don't even want to catagorize this one as a . , and the remarkable literary accomplishment by this author(the author was once considered for Nobel prize), this book is not very well known. I don't remember how I have learned about this one, but boy! I am glad to have found it. The author is Korean born, and came to the US as adult after the Korean War, but he wrote this book in English, which is by itself unbelievable. I have read many good books about war, so I wasn't very excited about reading another one, but this one really stood out. I don't even want to catagorize this one as a . I read this book in the late 70s and was I read this book in the late 70s and was deeply moved by it, despite the deceptively simple writing style. It has a breath-talking honesty and ending one rarely encounters anywhere.By chance, I was describing it today to a friend who runs a foreign book store in Harvard Square, and looked it up on Amazon when I came home to be sure I had given him the correct title. (I recalled it as "The Martyrs" rather than "The Martyred"). Yet even 35 years later, I remembered the title and author accurately enough to quickly find it here. How many books can one say that about?I'm going to buy another copy and re-read it after subs. "Korean War book with universal themes" according to Andrew S.. Good book which is unfortunately not well known. I found it to be an engaging read, with a good pace and leaving you plenty to think about.
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
His family eventually settled in Castroville, California. He lives in Poughkeepsie, New York.Susan Choi was born in Indiana and raised in Texas, the daughter of a Korean father and a Russian-Jewish mother. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. An award-winning writer and translator, and a former Fulbright Scholar in Korea, he now teaches Creative Writing, Asian American Literature, and Korean Literature at Vassar
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