Red Years (eBook)
208 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78699-662-6 (ISBN)
Authored by one of North Korea’s most acclaimed dissident writers, this is the first collection of Bandi’s poetry to be published in English.
Though North Korea holds the attention of the world, it is still rare for us to hear North Korean voices, beyond those few who have escaped. Known only by his pen name, the poet and author 'Bandi' stands as one of the most distinctive and original dissident writers to emerge from the country, and his work is all the more striking for the fact that he continues to reside in North Korea, writing in secret, with his work smuggled out of the country by supporters and relatives.The Red Years represents the first collection of Bandi's poetry to be made available in English. As he did in his first work The Accusation, Bandi here gives us a rare glimpse into everyday life and survival in North Korea. Singularly poignant and evocative, The Red Years stands as a testament to the power of the human spirit to endure and resist even the most repressive of regimes.
lt;p>The author and poet known only as ‘Bandi’ (a pseudonym meaning ‘firefly’) spent his childhood in China before returning to North Korea, the country of his birth, as a young man. Initially writing for North Korean magazines, the focus of Bandi’s writing changed forever after the deaths of many people close to him during the great famine of the 1990s. The experiences of this time made him resolve to share with the outside world a true likeness of the harsh North Korean society as he himself saw it. With the help of a relative, he was able to smuggle a collection of his poems and stories to South Korea. The first part of this manuscript achieved international acclaim when it was published as the short story collection The Accusation: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea (2018).
- Preface Poem
- 1. Barren Earth
A New Arirang for the North- Green Leaves, Falling
- Blizzard
- Bloody Fall
- A Maiden’s Window
- Song of the Fire Swallows
- Chajabi (The Hitchhiker)
- Ugly, White Snow
- The Mill on the Mountain
- New Seongcheon Station
- 2. Exhausted Heart
- Song of the Red People
- Roundabout Blues
- Toads
- No Ingredients Blues
- Idol
- 50 Years of Red
- Five Thieves Blues
- Stepmother
- The Song of Kim Juseok
- Heartsick
- Red Locomotive
- Night at the Military Camp
- Affliction in the Red House
- 3. Longing for You, My Love
- One Heart
- Long, Long Winter Nights
- Ah! KBS Educational Channel
- My Love
- How Much I Love You
- Please Deliver Just This
- Blow, South Wind
- This Lonely Life
- I Awaited You, My Love
- 4. Attached to a Life
- Youth is a Forking Road
- O Azaleas
- Song of Life
- Pine Trees
- Thoughts of Mother
- Woman of Pure Love
- Oak Tree in Winter
- A Man
- Your Lover
- 5. Wishes
- Bandi (Firefly)
- Landscape White with Snow
- Why I Love Wildflowers
- Me for Myself
- The Whistling Man
- Today
- The World Where People Live
- Open-minded Life
- Sow Love, Reap Love
- A Dream
- Afterword: Bandi’s Dream - Do Hee-yun
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.8.2019 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Heinz Insu Fenkl |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78699-662-6 / 1786996626 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78699-662-6 / 9781786996626 |
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