He is best known for his 1931 novel the grass roof the first korean american novel and its sequel the 1937 fictionalized memoir east goes west.
The grass roof younghill kang.
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A children s book based on kang s early life entitled the happy grove was published in 1933 and east goes west was released in 1937.
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Younghill kang june 5 1898 december 2 1972 korean name 강용흘 was an important early asian american writer.
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Basically it s about korea at the beginning of the 20th c just about to be fully colonized by japan and never to go back to how things used to be.
Kang s first book the grass roof was published by scribner s in 1931.
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Most acclaimed for his novels the grass roof and east goes west he carries the title the father of korean american literature.
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Younghill kang s east goes west is a heady mix of high and low.
Kang s debut the grass roof 1931 captures the twilight of the korean kingdom in the first two decades of the twentieth century as japan colonizes the peninsula.
4 5 younghill kang is a divisive figure in the study of asian american literature in no small part due to how his work was read and criticized by his majority audience.
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Kang younghill was the first korean american writer and a pioneer of asian american literature in the united states.