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.
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Most acclaimed for his novels the grass roof and east goes west he carries the title the father of korean american literature.
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Kang s first book the grass roof was published by scribner s in 1931.
Younghill kang s east goes west is a heady mix of high and low.
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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.
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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.
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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.
He also wrote an unpublished play murder in the royal palace which was performed both in the.
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