Ancient Garden: A Love Story

Ancient Garden: A Love Story by Hwang Sok-Yong


ISBN
9780330456487
Published
Released
02 / 11 / 2009
Binding
Paperback
Pages
544
Dimensions
135 x 216 x 42mm

A story of love and imprisonment.

Prisoner #1444, a political activist, has served nearly twenty years of a life sentence, but when the Korean government relaxes its stance on such dissidents, he finds himself up for release. While he was growing old on the inside, though, things on the outside have changed, and #1444 – or Oh Hyun Woo, as he must now, once more, think of himself – is soon adrift in a world full of noise and activity, multi-storey apartment blocks, mobile phones; even public restrooms have changed, with fancy taps and hot air driers. As Mr Oh struggles to adjust to the present, and to consider his future, he is also forced to examine the past: family members he's lost, one way or another; friends he's no longer in touch with; comrades who have died or moved on... and the loss of the love of his life: it may have been two decades since they were together, but some relationships leave their mark no matter what.

Both a haunting love story and an account of life in modern Korea, The Old Garden is about past and present; about loss, regret and looking to the future; and about how some things are simply meant to be, even when – tragically – events prove otherwise.
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