Available for the first time in English, this edition of The Naked Tree is exquisitely translated by award-winning expert Janet Hong. Gendry-Kim brings a masterpiece of world literature to life with bold, expressive lines that capture a denuded landscape brutally forced into transition and the people who must find their way back to each other within it. When a handsome young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman’s first brush with desire against the backdrop of the Korean War at its most devastating. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyung ekes out a living at the US Post Exchange, where goods and services of varying stripe are available for purchase. Adapted from Park Wan-seo’s beloved novel, The Naked Tree paints a stark portrait of a single nation’s fabric slowly torn to shreds by political upheaval and armed conflict. The critically acclaimed and award-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim returns with a stunning addition to her body of graphic fiction rooted in Korean history. And because many parents found themselves caring for their children alone after they reached the south, new. A delicate, timeless, and breathtaking coming-of-age story. The Waiting, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Janet Hong (trans) (Drawn and Quarterly, November 2021) Even when people remarried after becoming separated for years or decades, there was still always hope they would find their original spouses.
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