Reviews
The History of the Land has reached volume 7. I have been absorbed in the new historical stories in every volume, and this seventh one features so many places I love that I was excited even before reading it. The series grew out of stories Jong-in Park wrote over ten years for the Chosun Ilbo. I felt the biggest thrill when I encountered a familiar story told correctly. The monuments, palaces, and neighborhood stories I came across while walking around Seoul were truths revealed by traces in
The author titled these stories “I Didn't Know,” “It Was Painful and Confusing,” and “I Was Fooled.” Places where memories were erased or forgotten hold history we did not know; places that contain the confusion of a chaotic era bring back painful memories. —Book provided. The seventh book in reporter Jong-in Park's popular history and travel series, The History of the Land. It reveals the painful and distorted history hidden in palaces and parks we had passed by or visited. I feel I would see
This was the book I was happiest to see among this year's series releases: a new book by Jong-in Park. I discovered the author late, so I borrowed the earlier books from the library; I bought this new one right away. I read it with gratitude.
The History of the Land is a humanities travel series that sets the record straight about concealed and distorted history. It has continued for a full ten years. The seventh book in the series is a report on forgotten memories, tracing the remnants of memories that were erased. Distorted and forgotten historical events are deeply inscribed in our land. The fragments of truth author Jong-in Park discovered are hidden in monuments, palaces, and buildings we pass every day. The first chapter, “I
How much do we know about Korean history? Can we understand all of it through the events and people in our textbooks? Reading The History of the Land 7, I began to find answers to these questions. We often see attempts to distort or erase history. What becomes of the forgotten events, people, and their true stories? This book offers an answer. Reporter Jong-in Park spent years on the ground finding traces of history and restoring truths that had disappeared. The History of the Land 7 is not
History of the Land 7, book provided, Jong-in Park. What can we do about history that is not only forgotten but deliberately erased? Seoul's royal palaces, once turned into construction sites, have been transformed from their original historical state into parks made “pretty” and “fun to visit,” like folk villages. Because of the ignorant cultural heritage authorities, a surviving historic site was even presented as having been missing for 100 years. Contrary to the authorities' uninformed
Park Jong-in: History of the Land 7
“The traces left in the land are the true history!” A rediscovery of history from travel and history reporter Jong-in Park.
Korean title: 땅의 역사 7
Korean author: 박종인
Korean publisher: 상상출판
ISBN-13: 9791167821973
Reviews
The History of the Land has reached volume 7. I have been absorbed in the new historical stories in every volume, and this seventh one features so many places I love that I was excited even before reading it. The series grew out of stories Jong-in Park wrote over ten years for the Chosun Ilbo. I felt the biggest thrill when I encountered a familiar story told correctly. The monuments, palaces, and neighborhood stories I came across while walking around Seoul were truths revealed by traces in
The author titled these stories “I Didn't Know,” “It Was Painful and Confusing,” and “I Was Fooled.” Places where memories were erased or forgotten hold history we did not know; places that contain the confusion of a chaotic era bring back painful memories. —Book provided. The seventh book in reporter Jong-in Park's popular history and travel series, The History of the Land. It reveals the painful and distorted history hidden in palaces and parks we had passed by or visited. I feel I would see
This was the book I was happiest to see among this year's series releases: a new book by Jong-in Park. I discovered the author late, so I borrowed the earlier books from the library; I bought this new one right away. I read it with gratitude.
The History of the Land is a humanities travel series that sets the record straight about concealed and distorted history. It has continued for a full ten years. The seventh book in the series is a report on forgotten memories, tracing the remnants of memories that were erased. Distorted and forgotten historical events are deeply inscribed in our land. The fragments of truth author Jong-in Park discovered are hidden in monuments, palaces, and buildings we pass every day. The first chapter, “I
How much do we know about Korean history? Can we understand all of it through the events and people in our textbooks? Reading The History of the Land 7, I began to find answers to these questions. We often see attempts to distort or erase history. What becomes of the forgotten events, people, and their true stories? This book offers an answer. Reporter Jong-in Park spent years on the ground finding traces of history and restoring truths that had disappeared. The History of the Land 7 is not
History of the Land 7, book provided, Jong-in Park. What can we do about history that is not only forgotten but deliberately erased? Seoul's royal palaces, once turned into construction sites, have been transformed from their original historical state into parks made “pretty” and “fun to visit,” like folk villages. Because of the ignorant cultural heritage authorities, a surviving historic site was even presented as having been missing for 100 years. Contrary to the authorities' uninformed
