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Therese S. Park

Author of A Gift of the Emperor

4 Works 29 Members 1 Review

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Works by Therese S. Park

A Gift of the Emperor (1997) 23 copies

The Northern Wind: Forced Journey to North Korea (2012) 3 copies

When a Rooster Crows at Night: A Child's Experience of the Korean War (2004) 2 copies

Returned and Reborn: A Tale of a Korean Orphan Boy (2019) 1 copy

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1939-1945 - Women - Korea - Fiction (1) American fiction - Korean American authors (1) atrocities (2) bias (1) comfort women (2) Comfort women - Korea - Fiction (1) contemporary fiction (1) feminist fiction (1) fiction (4) G-3 (1) historical fiction (2) Japan (1) Korea (1) Korean literature (1) no ia (1) prostitution (2) racism (1) unread (1) wishlist (1) women's literature (1) World War (2) WWII (2)

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A Gift of the Emperor by Therese S. Park

A 17-year old girl is kidnapped to become a comfort women. Sensationalized hardships, brutality of Pacific war and brothel life. Seemed at times to be a propaganda vehicle to depict Japanese inhumanity at end of war.

½

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sungene | Feb 6, 2008 |

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Works: 4
Members: 29
Popularity: #460,290
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 8

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