Clay Walls by Kim Ronyoung Paperback Book

Description: Clay Walls by Kim Ronyoung, David Cho "Kim Ronyoung tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children"-- FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeless KoreatownA Penguin ClassicA landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeless KoreatownA Penguin ClassicKimRonyoung(Gloria Hahn, 1926-1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth century and how these immigrants nationalist spirit helped them withstand racism and poverty. Kim explores the tensions within a family of immigrants and new Americans and brings to the forefront the themes of Korean immigration, U.S. racism, generational trauma, and the early decades of Los Angeless Koreatown from a Korean American womans point of view.Through three sections representing the perspectives of mother, father, and daughter, what resonates the most is the voice of a woman and her self-determination, through national identity, marriage, and motherhood. Author Biography Kim Ronyoung was the pen name of Gloria Hahn (1926-1987), a Korean American writer who was born and raised in Los Angeless Koreatown. After her children graduated from college, Kim earned a bachelor of arts in Far Eastern art and culture at San Francisco State University. She was a docent at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Throughout her life, Kim wrote many poems, short stories, and essays. Her first and only novel, Clay Walls, was the first major novel focusing on the experiences of Korean immigrants and Korean Americans in the United States. It was published in 1987, shortly before her death. Kim passed away on February 3, 1987, at the age of sixty, after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. David Cho (introduction) is director of multicultural development at Wheaton College and specializes in late-nineteenth- to twentieth-century American literature, American ethnic literature, and Asian Pacific American literature. Review Clay Walls is a story about immigration and colonial trauma, and it is also a story about marriage, class, and patriarchy ... A beautifully written work of American literature that is both absorbing and deeply felt -- Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko and Free Food for MillionairesBy interweaving the three themes of the Korean immigrant experience – Korean culture, American racism and Korean nationalism – Kim has created an important novel -- Eun Sik Yang * The Los Angeles Times *Political-historical moments are the pearls of the novel … One is grateful for being invited into that closeted but lively world * The New York Times *Kim Ronyoungs writing is true to her unblinking vision of reality. Her portrayal of Chun reminds me of D. H. Lawrences portrayal of the miner-father in Sons and Lovers. The passage of this family from 1920 to 1945 is a long and extremely arduous journey, but it is both necessary and triumphant * San Francisco Chronicle * Details ISBN0143138243 Author David Cho ISBN-13 9780143138242 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Classics Audience General US Release Date 2024-12-10 DEWEY 813.54 Pages 272 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2025 Publication Date 2025-03-27 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2025-03-27 ISBN-10 0143138243 AU Release Date 2024-12-09 NZ Release Date 2024-12-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168904372;

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