Encounter : a novel of nineteenth-century Korea /

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Author / Creator:	Han, Mu-suk, 1918-1993. 韓戊淑, 1918-
Uniform title:	Mannam. English
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 325 pages) : map.
Language:	English
Series:	Voices from Asia ; 5 Voices from Asia ; 5.
Subject:	Chŏng, Yag-yong, -- 1762-1836 -- Fiction. Chŏng, Ha-sang, -- 1795-1839 -- Fiction. Chŏng, Ha-sang, -- 1795-1839 Chŏng, Yag-yong, -- 1762-1836 Korea -- Fiction. Korea. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11106203

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ISBN:	9780520911086 0520911083 0585130612 9780585130613 9780520073807 0520073800 9780520073814 0520073819 0520073800 0520073819
Notes:	Translation of: Mannam. Includes bibliographical references. Translation of: Mannam. Print version record.
Summary:	This historical novel, Encounter (Mannam), by Hahn Moo-Sook, one of Asia's most honored writers, is a story of the resilience in the Korean spirit. It is told through the experiences of Tasan, a high-ranking official and foremost Neo-Confucian scholar at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Because of Tasan's fascination with Western learning, then synonymous with Catholicism, he is exiled to a remote province for 18 years. In banishment he meets people from various social and religious backgrounds-Buddhist monks, peasants, shamans-whom he would not otherwise have met. The events of Tasan'
Other form:	Print version: Han, Mu-suk, 1918- Mannam. English. Encounter. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 0520073800

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