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The waiting

Gendry-Kim, Keum Suk (author,, artist.). Hong, Janet, (translator.).

Summary: "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: she was separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split down the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family--now four--fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. Then 70 years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can't stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781770464575
ISBN: 1770464573
Physical Description: print
242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Montréal, Québec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	Translation of: Kidarim.
Formatted Contents Note:	Leaving the city -- Two friends -- My home in the north -- A time of chaos -- We were happy still -- The 1950 Korean war -- Going south -- Thank you for staying alive -- To the sea -- My mom's video message -- A lifetime of waiting.
Language Note:	Translated from the Korean.