{"product_id":"9780231153119","title":"The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost (Weatherhead Books on Asia)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance. Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42516169916491,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":962.63,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9780231153119-1.jpg?v=1783326024","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/products\/9780231153119","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}