Clay Walls
by
Kim Ronyoung
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0143138243
ISBN-13
9780143138242
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 24th, 2025
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
252 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.80 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
South KoreaLos AngelesEarly 20th century c 1900 to c 1950Relating to people of the South East Asian diasporas / heritageClassic fiction: literary and generalClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Historical fictionFiction / Literature / Comics / Graphic novels: special featuresFiction: special features
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A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeles’s Koreatown
A Penguin Classic
Kim Ronyoung (Gloria Hahn, 1926–1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth century and how these immigrants’ nationalist spirit helped them withstand racism and poverty. Kim explores the tensions within a family of immigrants and new Americans and brings to the forefront the themes of Korean immigration, U.S. racism, generational trauma, and the early decades of Los Angeles’s Koreatown from a Korean American woman’s point of view. Through three sections representing the perspectives of mother, father, and daughter, what resonates the most is the voice of a woman and her self-determination, through national identity, marriage, and motherhood.
A Penguin Classic
Kim Ronyoung (Gloria Hahn, 1926–1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth century and how these immigrants’ nationalist spirit helped them withstand racism and poverty. Kim explores the tensions within a family of immigrants and new Americans and brings to the forefront the themes of Korean immigration, U.S. racism, generational trauma, and the early decades of Los Angeles’s Koreatown from a Korean American woman’s point of view. Through three sections representing the perspectives of mother, father, and daughter, what resonates the most is the voice of a woman and her self-determination, through national identity, marriage, and motherhood.
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