
by Hwang Sok-yong · Points · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757819852

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«Shim Chong, fille vendue» is the novel by Hwang Sok-yong, published by Points in paperback (576 pages, in French).
Korea, late 19th century. Shim Chong, a fifteen-year-old girl, is sold by her father to Chinese traffickers and dragged into an odyssey across Southeast Asia. Transformed into the courtesan Lenhwa, she moves between sordid brothels and refined geisha settings while trying to regain control over her life.
Translated into French by Choi Mikyung and Jean-Noël Juttet, it was originally published in 2003 as 심청, 연꽃의 길. This edition belongs to the Grands Romans collection from Points.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Asian narrative interested in late 19th-century Korea.

Hwang Sok-yong is a South Korean novelist.
