South Korea 1957. Sukey, a promising graduate, falls in love with Kwon, who confesses that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire. Fighting is suspended. Hostility and enmity towards the North the social norm. Anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, arrests of any suspect are the norm.
Agnita Tennant, née Hong, was born in Korea. She was educated at Yonsei University. In Britain, she studied at Loughborough University and received her PhD there. She worked as a librarian in Leicestershire and taught Modern Korean Literature at Sheffield University. She has also translated and published a number of Korean short stories.
Innehållsförteckning
Part IChapter 1 LettersChapter 2 Fate’s FavouriteChapter 3 SistersChapter 4 A Chronicle of AprilChapter 5 A t the Threshold of a New Era – Memories of a ChildhoodChapter 6 In the Valley on the Dark Side of the Sun (1)Chapter 7 In the Valley on the Dark Side on the Sun (2)Chapter 8 In the Valley on the Dark Side on the Sun (3)Part IIChapter 9 ConfessionChapter 10 Crime and PunishmentChapter 11 In Hospital WardChapter 12 A June DiaryChapter 13 The RallyChapter 14 Vicissitude - A Chronicle of Christmas and the New YearChapter 15 Living on Borrowed TimeChapter 16 Departure
