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On 20 January 2019, the rooftop of the Namildang Building in Seoul district of Yongsan was engulfed in flames. Five protesters who climbed the watchtower because they didn't want to be driven from their himes became a blacken corpes. 355 days after the incident, their body were taken out of the storage. Namildang Building was demolished due to the development programme and the legal battle came to an end after the supreme court rejected the evidences. Yet the real truth has never been truly and fully revealed. The incident has inspired Hwang Jungeun to write One Hundred Shadows. It starts with Eungjo and Mujae, two youngsters who fall in love after working together as apprentices at the slum electronics market. The market runs the risks of being shut down and when it's scheduled for being demolished, the shadows of the inhabitants starts to appear mysteriously. The story to me is dark, set of fantasy-fiction at first but it actually goes beyond that. The social issues like the gap of socio classes, the human nature and the critics towards the govt. policies are clearly seen here. The shadows to me are just an allegories. They may represent those wandering spirit like the victims in Yongsam incident. They also may represent us that are basically like a shadow wandering aroung like a living creature or living zombie looking and going through uncertainty in life. Apart of the fact that this book is open for many interpretations, I enjoy reading the book. Ah, a book worth reading. Mind you that my darling Danja @danchireads is hosting reading run on Korean Literature every March in #MarchinKorea . Meanwhile all the books I read published by Tilted Axis Press can be found in my highlight #ReadTiltedAxis . One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun along with other books published by Tilted Axis are available to purchase at @post_santa for an affordable price. BOOK 2: ONE HUNDRED SHADOWS BY HWANG JUNGEUN Translated by: Jung Yewon 📍 South Korea (at Krungthep Mahanakorn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CduCziivnt7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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On 20 January 2019, the rooftop of the Namildang Building in Seoul district of Yongsan was engulfed in flames. Five protesters who climbed the watchtower because they didn't want to be driven from their himes became a blacken corpes. 355 days after the incident, their body were taken out of the storage. Namildang Building was demolished due to the development programme and the legal battle came to an end after the supreme court rejected the evudences. Yet the real truth has never been truly and fully revealed. The incident has inspired Hwang Jungeun to write One Hundred Shadows. It starts with Eungjo and Mujae, two youngsters who fall in love after working together as apprentices at the slum electronics market. The market runs the risks of being shut down and when it's scheduled for being demolished, the shadows of the inhabitants starts to appear misteriously. The story to me is dark, set of fantasy-fiction at first but it actually goes beyond that. The social issues like the gap of socio classes, the human nature and the critics towards the govt. policies are clearly seen here. The shadows to me are just an allegories. They may represent those wandering spirit like the victims in Yongsam incident. They also may represent us that are basically like a shadow wandering aroung like a living creature or living zombie looking and going through uncertainty in life. Apart of the fact that this book is open for many interpretations, I enjoy reading the book. Ah, a book worth reading. Mind you that my darling Danja @danchireads is hosting reading run on Korean Literature this month #MarchinKorea . We still have some days to go to grab some of K-Lit. Meanwhile I have just started reading all the Asian Lit published by Tilted Axis Press. My Asian Lit reading journey this time can be found in #ReadTiltedAxis . One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun is available to purchase at @post_santa for an affordable price. BOOK 1: ONE HUNDRED SHADOWS BY HWANG JUNGEUN Translated by: Jung Yewon 📍 South Korea Published by @tiltedaxisbooks @tiltedaxispress (at Desca's Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-qtUZr03-/?igshid=e40qvn9m4wbc