Silver Stallion: A discussion with author Ahn Jung-hyo
Korean Literature Night
A discussion with author Ahn Jung-hyo
The Korean Literature Night (KLN) is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. We will read Silver Stallion by Ahn Jung-hyo.
Event Date: 25 April, 19.00-21.00
Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK
Entrance Free - Booking Essential
Apply to info@kccuk.org.uk or call 020 7004 2600 with your name and contact details by Thursday 5th April.
The booking system utilises a lottery based programme that picks names at random, once the final selection has been drawn we will send you an e-mail regarding the result of the selection.
You can pick up a copy of the book from the KCCUK, once you have received your confirmation e-mail.
About the Book- Silver Stallion: A Novel of Korea
Silver Stallion 's stage is a small South Korean village and its surrounding countryside. The central characters are a group of teen-agers, particularly a young villager named Mansik, who change from boys into under-age men as the American invaders involve them and their fellow Koreans in the sordid moral and physical wreckage of the war. After being raped, Mansik's mother joins the ''U.N. ladies'' (also known as ''Yankee wives'') in the occupied area called Texas Town and suffers the social consequences of prostitution. For Mansik and his friends, however, there is retreat into a realm of fantasy. As the war goes on around them, they search, as did their ancestors, for a secret cave, the home of a legendary warrior general who was sent by the gods to free Korea from the Mongols.
About the Author- Ahn Jung-hyo
