An Affair with Korea - Vincent S. R. Brandt
| Автор: | Vincent S. R. Brandt |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
| Серия: | Center For Korea Studies Publications |
| Жанр произведения: | Биографии и Мемуары |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9780295804767 |
In 1966 Vincent S. R. Brant lived in Sokp�o, a poor and isolated South Korean fishing village on the coast of the Yellow Sea, carrying out social anthropological research. At that time, the only way to reach Sokp�o, other than by boat, was a two hour walk along foot paths. This memoir of his experiences in a village with no electricity, running water, or telephone shows Brandt�s attempts to adapt to a traditional, preindustrial existence in a small, almost completely self-sufficient community. This vivid account of his growing admiration for an ancient way of life that was doomed, and that most of the villagers themselves despised, illuminates a social world that has almost completely disappeared.