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Kangnam mongKangnam mong

Kangnam mong

Sŏg-yŏng Hwang

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Epic novel covering the South Korea's history of modernization with capitalism in 20th century. Describes panoramic lives of five people who have built their golden cows in Kangnam and their shattered dreams with the collapse of Sampung Department store in 1995.

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OL Work ID
OL19944891W

Subjects

Building failuresSamp'ung Paekhwajŏm (Seoul, Korea)FictionHistorySampʻung Paekhwajŏm (Seoul, Korea)Sampʻung Paekhwajŏm (Seoul, Korea) -- FictionBuilding failures -- Korea (South) -- Seoul -- FictionKorea (South) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionKangnam (Seoul, Korea) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

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