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Who Ate Up All the Shinga?

by Park Wan-suh · 1992

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Park Wan-suh's Who Ate Up All the Shinga? is an extraordinary account of growing up during the Japanese occupation of Korea and the Korean War, a time of great oppression, deprivation, and social and political instability. With acerbic wit and brilliant insight, Park describes the characters and events that came to shape her young life.

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"With clear-eyed prose and marvellous details, Wan-suh captures the atmosphere, deprivation and social upheaval of the time."
Min Jin Lee's Recommended Reading List — Translated East Asian Novels · service95.com