The Shadow of Arms
  • Published: 15 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9781609805074
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $39.99
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The Shadow of Arms

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4 Mar 2014
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15 Mar 2014
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The only Korean best-seller you'll be selling this year: an international superstar and beloved house author returns to the SSP list with themes that pierce our shared US-Korean history.

A novel of the black markets of the South Vietnamese city of Da Nang during the Vietnam War, based on the author’s experiences as a self-described South Korean mercenary on the side of the South Vietnamese, this is a Vietnam War novel like no other, truly one that sees the war from all sides. Scenes of battle are breathtakingly well told. The plot is thick with intrigue and complex subplots. But ultimately The Shadow of Arms is a novel of the human condition rather than of the exploits and losses of one side or the other in war.
  • Published: 15 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9781609805074
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

Praise for The Shadow of Arms

"Hwang Sok-yong is undoubtedly the most powerful 'voice of the novel' in East Asia today."--Kenzaburo Oe

PRAISE FOR Old Garden:
"Hwang Sok-yong, one of South Korea's most important modern writers, poignantly shows us that history is also a story of how indiviudals live, love, and sacrifice in the tumult of time."--Krys Lee, author of Drifting House

PRAISE FOR The Guest:
"A provocative novel...with subtle power."--Austin Ramzy, Time

"Deeply rewarding"--Kirkus Reviews

"An unflinching, ambitious novel."--San Francisco Chronicle