Kwangju Diary: Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age
Kwangju Diary: Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age By Jae-Eui Lee, Kap Su Seol, Nick Mamatas
1999 | 170 Pages | ISBN: 1883191033 | PDF | 3 MB
1999 | 170 Pages | ISBN: 1883191033 | PDF | 3 MB
First publication in English of this eyewitness account of the 1980 civilian uprising against Chun Doo Hwan's military coup. First published in Korean in 1985 under the name of dissident novelist Hwang Sog-yong, this revised edition includes an introduction by Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago, and an essay by investigative journalist Tim Shorrock on U.S. involvement in the repression. This book sold more than one million copies in Asia in its Korean and Japanese editions.