Hwang Sok-yong is Korea's most renowned contemporary writer, the recipient of many of the country's highest literary prizes and the author of The Prisoner, forthcoming in translation from Verso (2021).
Publication Committee’s Introduction: Breaking the Silence in the Face of
Slander
Preface: Once More Beyond the Darkness
Part 1: The Unstoppable Waves of History
Chapter 1: From October to May.
Chapter 2: Sporadic and Passive Resistance (Sunday, May 18: Day 1 of the
Uprising)
Chapter 3: Transition to an Active Offensive (Monday, May 19: Day 2 of the
Uprising)
Chapter 5: Armed Protests and Victory (Wednesday, May 21: Day 4 of the
Uprising)
Chapter 6: The Uprising Expands
Chapter 7: The Blockade of Gwangju and Civilian Massacres (May 21-24)
Part 2: Gwangju! Gwangju! Gwangju!
Chapter 8: Liberation I (Thursday, May 22: Day 5 of the Uprising)
Chapter 9: Liberation II (Friday, May 23: Day 6 of the Uprising)
Chapter 10: Liberation III (Saturday, May 24: Day 7 of the Uprising)
Chapter 12: Liberation V (Monday, May 26: Day 9 of the Uprising)
Part 3: The End, and a New Beginning.
Chapter 13: The Uprising’s Completion (Tuesday, May 27)
Chapter 14: The Rest of the Story
Chapter 14: Work Left Undone
Appendix
Timeline of Events:The Gwangju Uprising over the course of 10 days (May 17,
1980-May 27, 1980)
Publishing the Revised Edition:The History of Recording the Uprising
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