The Grass Roof Younghill Kang

4 5 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.
The grass roof younghill kang. Find all the books read about the author and more. He is best known for his 1931 novel the grass roof the first korean american novel and its sequel the 1937 fictionalized memoir east goes west. There is no doubt that westerners i e. Charles scribner s sons 1931.
Most acclaimed for his novels the grass roof and east goes west he carries the title the father of korean american literature. Are you an author. European descended white american people is the audience here which is reflected in language explanations and message directing. Autobiographical fiction bildungsromans fiction history.
Portrait of younghill kang. Welcome sign in. See search results for this author. Read the grass roof by younghill kang really interesting learned about a part of the world and it s history i knew nothing about.
8 5 pp. Kang s debut the grass roof 1931 captures the twilight of the korean kingdom in the first two decades of the twentieth century as japan colonizes the peninsula. 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. Younghill kang june 5 1898 december 2 1972 korean name 강용흘 was an important early asian american writer.
Learn about author central. He also wrote an unpublished play murder in the royal palace which was performed both in the. Kang s first book the grass roof was published by scribner s in 1931. Kang younghill was the first korean american writer and a pioneer of asian american literature in the united states.
The making of an oriental yankee. Volume 63 issue 4 florence ayscough. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Younghill kang s east goes west is a heady mix of high and low.
The grass roof hardcover january 1 1966 by younghill kang author visit amazon s younghill kang page.