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Can't I Go Instead

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內容簡介 20世紀初期的韓國，還在日本殖民占領的陰影下，申彩領是富家千金，父親經營的公司和殖民政府關係良好，8歲生日時，父親給她買了一個貼身侍女做為禮物─順安，雖然這一點都不是她想要的禮物，但年齡相仿的主僕兩人就此結下情同姊妹的緣分。隨著時間過去，二戰前的國際局勢越加緊張，父親希望彩領能趕緊找個好人家結婚，彩領卻希望能讓順安陪她，繼續去京都完成學業。但這時卻傳出驚天醜聞，彩領愛上一個和韓國獨立運動組織關係密切的男子，他的父親因此遭到殖民政府嚴密調查，為了保護自己的女兒和家族聲譽，他先是要彩領改名，使用日本名字並強迫她嫁給一個日籍員工後迅速搬到美國；他又謊騙順安假扮彩領，以彩領的身分去參加日本皇軍的婦女軍旅，平息官員的疑心，並答應順安會放她自由並給予一筆可觀的生活費。順安相信彩領跟老爺，原本以為是去軍中學習當護士負責照料傷兵，但當她一到現場才發現，自己是被當作慰安婦給賣掉了...嫁到美國的彩領，除了要與毫無感情基礎的丈夫共處，陌生的語言和文化令她感到寂寞，美國社會對她的身分歧視與輕蔑更讓彩領思念韓國，和與順安共度的時光...Two women's lives and identities are intertwined―through World War II and the Korean War―revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century.Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army.Years of hardship, survival, and even happiness follows. In the aftermath of WWII, the women make their way home, where they must reckon with the tangled lives they've led, in an attempt to reclaim their identities, and find their place in an independent Korea.

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各界推薦 “Can’t I Go Instead’s complex and profoundly human characters will captivate, devastate, and move you, all at once.”―Juhea Kim, author of Beasts of a Little Land and Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist“A true feast for historical fiction readers who love unpredictable stories and complex characters!”―Lorena Hughes, award-winning author of The Spanish Daughter“Compelling and inspiring, this story speaks of resilience and determination to make the best out of the situation one has been dealt.”―Booklist

作者介紹

作者介紹 Lee Geum-yiLEE GEUM-YI was born in 1962, in her grandmother's house in the small, mountainous village of Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. She became enthralled with the charms of storytelling early on, having spent her childhood under the influence of her grandmother's bedtime stories. Since then, Lee has published more than fifty books in South Korea, and her work has been translated around the world, including The Picture Bride, her first novel to be published in English. Beloved by readers and literary critics alike, many of her books have been adapted into TV series, musicals, and webtoons. Lee Geum-yi lives in Seoul, South Korea, with her husband, son, and her old rescue dog, Lulu.AN SEONJAE (translator) has lived in Korea since 1980. He was born in Cornwall in 1942, and since 1969 has been a member of the Community of Taizé, where he is known as Brother Anthony. He has published some 50 volumes of translated Korean poetry, as well as the translations of several Korean novels.

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