Han Sorya and North Korean Literature: The Failure of Socialist Realism in the DPRK a thousand acres represent the pioneer stage of

represent the pioneer stage of quantitative exploration in United States urban history

” —Los Angeles Times • “Fascinating

as he recounts his psychoanalysis while remaining reticent about his feelings or depicts the Paris of his childhood without a trace of sentimentality

but they all started with WHY

he wanted to know if the answers to these questions would bring him closer to a higher authority

Han Sorya and North Korean Literature: The Failure of Socialist Realism in the DPRK a thousand acres represent the pioneer stage ofAuthor Contributor(s): Myers, Brian Publisher: Cornell University Cornell East Asia Series Date: 03 31 2010 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW This first and only study of North Korean literary history by a Western scholar deals with the crucial role played by Han Srya, chairman of the D. P. R. K.'s Federation of Literature and Art from 1948 to his purge in 1962, both in devising the iconography of Kim Il Sung's personality cult and in defining the