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Under the Black Umbrella: Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910-1945 by Hildi Kang

jiyoung's review

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

A oral histories from ordinary Koreans that lived through the Japanese annexation in the 1900s. Fascinating to read about their hopes and fears, and to learn the details of how the Japanese exerted oppressive control over all aspects of life.

adamvolle's review

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4.0

As the EIC of a Korea-based magazine that has often wrestled with the question of how to turn the translated comments of Korean elders into interesting reading, 수고하셨습니다...

venerablemonster's review

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3.0

Powerful personal accounts of the Japanese occupation of Korea during the second World War. Don't have much to say besides that.

kennedygahan's review

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dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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