Moscow University Press
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The centerpiece of Li Chongchun's stories is the dramatic fate of vagabond artists – a brother and a sister - masters of traditional throat singing. This kind of art is still widespread and revered in Korea. The musical pieces the singers perform ‘are imbued with a sense of hidden anguish and heartache inherent in any Korean.’ That is why he shows the life of his main characters through the prism of these works.
