title: The Shadow of Arms (Cornell East Asia Series No 73)
author: Suk-Young Hwang
description: "An unflinching, ambitious novel."<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br /><br />"Deeply rewarding"<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />"A provocative novel...with subtle power."<i>Time</i><br /><br />"Hwang Sok-yong, one of South Korea's most important modern writers, poignantly shows us that history is also a story of how indiviudals live, love, and sacrifice in the tumult of time."<b>Krys Lee</b>, author of <i>Drifting House</i><br /><br />"Hwang Sok-yong is undoubtedly the most powerful 'voice of the novel' in East Asia today."<b>Kenzaburo Oe</b>
  						    	
  						        	--This text refers to an alternate <a href="/dp/1609805070/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&amp;n=283155">Paperback</a> edition.
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  The
  
  
  Shadow
  
  
  of Arms
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 1985, 1988 by Hwang Sok-yong
  
  
  English translation © 1994 by Cornell East Asia Program
  
  
  First Seven Stories Press Edition 2014.
  
  
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  Hwang, Sog-yong, 1943-
  
  
  [Mugi ui kunul. English]
  
  
  The shadow of arms / Hwang Sok-yong. -- A Seven Stories Press First E