Kang gifted julia wolfe an inscribed copy of his first novel the grass roof 1931 for her 80th birthday in 1940.
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Kang younghill was the first korean american writer and a pioneer of asian american literature in the united states.
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A children s book based on kang s early life entitled the happy grove was published in 1933 and east goes west was released in 1937.
He also wrote an unpublished play murder in the royal palace which was performed both in the us and in korea.
Basically it s about korea at the beginning of the 20th c just about to be fully colonized by japan and never to go back to how things used to be.
Kang s first book the grass roof was published by scribner s in 1931.
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Read the grass roof by younghill kang really interesting learned about a part of the world and it s history i knew nothing about.
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Grass roof by younghill kang 1931.
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Younghill kang was an important early asian american writer.
The inscription reads a happy birthday to the dear mother of thomas wolfe whose enormous vitality joy of life magnificent poems and sincere friendship helped me so much.
I have here for sale a book entitledthe grass roof by younghill kang published by charles scribner s sons new york london in 1931.
He has been called the father of korean american literature.
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The grass roof hardcover january 1 1966.
We have been very lucky and have acquired a superb collection of books on or about china and the surrounding areas.
He is best known for his 1931 novel the grass roof and its sequel the 1937 fictionalized memoir east goes west.
Younghill kang is a divisive figure in the study of asian american literature in no small part due to how his work was read and criticized by his majority audience.
I born in hamkyong province in northern korea in 1898 kang was educated in the confucian tradition and later attended missionary schools.
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