The Land by Mildred Delois Taylor

The Land by Mildred Delois Taylor

Global Oriental is pleased to announce publication of the English translation of Part I (in three volumes) of Pak Kyung-ni's Land (T'oji). Originally published in five parts, the work is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Korean literature and has achieved unprecedented popularity in Korea. The epic follows the fortunes and misfortunes of several generations of villagers of a traditional farming community, and at the same time chronicles Korea's tumultuous history from 1897 to 1945. Part I, which is a self-contained story and considered the most powerful example of her writing, deals with the first ten years of the Ch'oe farming household and opens with the village celebration of the Harvest Moon Festival.

The Road to Memphis, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, The Land, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry are among Taylor's past works. Her books have received numerous honors, including a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her novel The Land won the L.A. Times Book Prize. The PEN Award for Children's Fiction and the Times Book Prize Taylor was named the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature's First Laureate in 2003.

Mildred Taylor grew up in Toledo, Ohio, after being born in Jackson, Mississippi. She spent two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia after graduating from the University of Toledo, and then spent the next year working and recruiting for the Peace Corps across the United States. She helped establish a Black Studies program at the University of Colorado School of Journalism and taught in it for two years. Taylor has worked at an international house and a community free school as a proofreader-editor and program coordinator.

She currently spends her time with her family, writing, and what she refers to as the family ranch in the Rocky Mountains' foothills.

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ISBN 13	9780803719507
ISBN 10	0803719507
Title	The Land
Author	Mildred Delois Taylor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2001-09-01
Number of pages	375
Prizes	Winner of Bookseller's Choice (Young Adult) 2002, Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 2002, Winner of Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) (Gold) 2001, Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Young Adult Fiction) 2001, Winner of Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction 2002, Commended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2004, Short-listed for Children's Books of Distinction Awards (Fiction) 2002, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Young Adult) 2003, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2003, Short-listed for Iowa High School Book Award 2003
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