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The Guest: A Novel (1st Edition) by Hwang Sok-Yong, Maya West (Translator), Kyung-Ja Chun (Translator), Sog-Yong Hwang Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 1-58322-751-2 / 1583227512 ISBN-13: 978-1-58322-751-0 / 9781583227510 Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation's search for reconciliation.During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty-two day massacre. In an act of collective amnesia the atroc |