The Court Dancer by Kyung-sook Shin

The Court Dancer

Kyung-sook Shin with Anton Hur (Translator)

336 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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When a novice French diplomat arrives for an audience with the Emperor, he is enraptured by the Joseon Dynasty’s magnificent culture, then at its zenith. But all fades away when he sees Yi Jin perform the traditional Dance of the Spring Oriole. Th...

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