Kim Hyeok: Chunja’s Nanjing

Chunja’s Nanjing is the first novel about “comfort women” of the Japanese military in Korean-Chinese literature as well as in Chinese literature. The novel follows Jonghyeok, a Korean-Chinese student and the grandson of the former “comfort woman” Chunja, in his travels with his Japanese girlfriend Haruko to Yanbian, Heilongjiang, Nanjing, Matsuyama, and Tokyo. As the story unfolds, the personal and historical aspects of the yet-to-beresolved issue of Japanese military sex slaves come to the fore, revealing the conflicts, discord, and changing historical consciousness of Korean-Chinese, Chinese, and Japanese over three generations.

Korean title: Chunja’s Nanjing

Korean author: Kim Hyeok

Korean publisher: 서울셀렉션

ISBN-13: 9781624121463