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Wikipedia article
'Flowers of Fire' (hangul: ) is a Korean anti-communist novel by Seonu Hwi, in 1957.
Plot
Characters
* Old man Go ( ): very conservative old man. He always takes care of Hyun, but is primarily interested in ancestral graveyard and topography.
* Yunho (): Communist, who unsuccessfully attempts to alter Hyun's ideology. Instead he takes hostage Hyun's Grandfather, Old man Go.
* Hyun (): Main Character of Novel. Always show passive action. He steals Communist element's gun and runs away to a cave. Once there, Hyun awakes the 'Flame of Life' ( ), and decides to live properly.
* Hyun's Father ( ): When Hyun was young, he did Korean Independence Movement. However, he is killed by Japanese soldiers.
* Hyun's Mother ( ): Sincere Christian. She subjugates her pain to take care of Hyun.
* Aoyama (): Hyun's only Japanese friend. Later Day, Aoyama volunteer for Imperial away, he gave some potatoes to Hyun.
* Teacher Cho ( ): She and her father run away from North Korea under Communist rule, because her father rejects the control of communist party. Later, she sees Communist elements kill her father.
* Professor Tanaka ( ):
Awards
'Flowers of Fire' won the Dong-in Literary Award ( ) in 1957.
English Translation
"Flowers of Fire" appears in the anthology 'Flowers of Fire'.Peter Lee, ed. 'Flowers of Fire: Twentieth-Century Korean Stories'. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
Books
Seonu Hwi's novels have been well reviewed. They include:
* Bullgot (): Minuem-sa (),
* Bullgot - Sun U-Hwi; Danpyun-sun ( - ): Munhak-gwa Jisung sa ( ),
* Sun U-Hwi Jakpyun-sun ( ): Jimanji (),
References
Category:20th-century South Korean novels
Category:1957 novels
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