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"Corean Dawn" novel synopsis
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Posted by kadmin on: 2007-01-06 22:17:10
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A monumental story of a Westerner’s search for belonging as the Yi Dynasty struggles for survival! One man pits his will against kingdom upheavals as international clashes set the stage for this ambitious novel of Korea as explosive, fast-paced events sweep and are driven by a colorful cast of larger-than-life characters. Looming near and often in them is Timothy Tubert, an orphaned American youth stranded during battle in Chaoshien, the old Corea of the Yi Dynasty. At times by choice and at times by fate, Tubert's struggles to find meaning and a place for himself marks a new chapter in epic English language novels about the orient. By royal decree, this unique Westerner is declared to be a sovereign, untouchable state onto himself. Rarely does a book of any era in any language so powerfully span the gamut of and intercultural human spirit and emotions. Ignorance, innocence, murder, sex, greed, hope and fear, treachery and tragedy all intertwine to make this a monumental adventure story told against a background of a tottering dynasty trying to hold treaty powers at bay. Here is a story of violent Chinese, deadly Japanese, well-intentioned missionaries, ruthless smugglers, intriguing Coreans, courageous tiger hunters, an exotic black mistress and the beautiful Corean girl who becomes the wife of a foreign devil, all stampeding at once in a towering pageant of life. This is a bawdy, stirring, fictionalized saga of Chaoshien, old Corea, a fascinating land the world would pay dearly for not knowing about decades later and a land which today enchants international travelers and threatens the international community.
A monumental story of a Westerner’s search for belonging as the Yi Dynasty struggles for survival! One man pits his will against kingdom upheavals as international clashes set the stage for this ambitious novel of Korea as explosive, fast-paced events sweep and are driven by a colorful cast of larger-than-life characters. Looming near and often in them is Timothy Tubert, an orphaned American youth stranded during battle in Chaoshien, the old Corea of the Yi Dynasty. At times by choice and at times by fate, Tubert's struggles to find meaning and a place for himself marks a new chapter in epic English language novels about the orient. By royal decree, this unique Westerner is declared to be a sovereign, untouchable state onto himself. Rarely does a book of any era in any language so powerfully span the gamut of and intercultural human spirit and emotions. Ignorance, innocence, murder, sex, greed, hope and fear, treachery and tragedy all intertwine to make this a monumental adventure story told against a background of a tottering dynasty trying to hold treaty powers at bay. Here is a story of violent Chinese, deadly Japanese, well-intentioned missionaries, ruthless smugglers, intriguing Coreans, courageous tiger hunters, an exotic black mistress and the beautiful Corean girl who becomes the wife of a foreign devil, all stampeding at once in a towering pageant of life. This is a bawdy, stirring, fictionalized saga of Chaoshien, old Corea, a fascinating land the world would pay dearly for not knowing about decades later and a land which today enchants international travelers and threatens the international community.
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