The Naked Tree
The Naked Tree (Hangul: 나목, Hanja: 裸木, romanization: Namok) is a 1970 novel by Park Wan-suh.
It was the first novel made by the author. An English translation by Yu Young-nan was published in 1995 by Cornell University.[1] This is also the first complete large work by the author to be given an English translation.[2]
Kyung-a is the main character in the story, which occurs in the Korean War.[2]
Reception
[edit]Reviewer Yearn Hong Choi praised the English translation.[1]
Stephen J. Epstein of the Victoria University of Wellington wrote that the book overall is a "welcome addition" and that the translation is overall "very readable and largely unobtrusive".[3]
Michael J. Pettid of the University of Hawaii wrote that Park had a strong "technique" in developing the narrative in a way that a mystery book would develop,[4] and that in summation the work is "captivating".[5]
Legacy
[edit]There is a Korean-language graphic novel adaptation, The Naked Tree.[6]
References
[edit]- Epstein, Stephen J. (1998). "The Naked Tree by Pak Wan-sô (review)". Acta Koreana. 1. Keimyung University, Academia Koreana: 169–171 – via Project MUSE. - Electronic version
- Pettid, Michael J. (1997). "The Naked Tree by Pak Wan-so, Yu Young-nam". Korean Studies. 21: 151–153. JSTOR 23719023. ProQuest 1311644593. – Also at Project MUSE
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Choi, Yearn Hong (Summer 1996). "The Naked Tree by Pak Wan-so, Yu Young-nan". World Literature Today. 70 (3): 764. doi:10.2307/40042315. JSTOR 40042315.
- ^ a b Epstein, 169.
- ^ Epstein, p. 171.
- ^ Pettid, p. 152.
- ^ Pettid, p. 153.
- ^ "The Naked Tree". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
Further reading
[edit]- Gard, Greta (2012). "The Naked Tree". The Literature of War. Vol. 3. pp. 173–176.
External links
[edit]- The Naked Tree – Cornell University Press
- The Naked Tree – Digital Library of Korean Literature, Literature Translation Institute of Korea
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