Talk:So Far from the Bamboo Grove
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Hi,i would like to edit this article, Anyways this book talks about how a young girl and her mother and big sister escapes korea for a safer place:namley Japan.
Tkfadms 05:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC) The article describes some arguments about the trustworthiness and reality at the end of it. In addition to those arguments, I think the novel has a couple of problems. Definitely, wars have been regarded as unacceptable violence through our history. However, there also have existed the people who are more responsible to the wars. In the WWII, Japan is also regarded as a principal criminal. If the author of the novel really wanted to describe why we should avoid and reject war, she should also stated about what Japan had done to all other nearby counties including Australia, China, Korea, Philippines, United States, and other countries. Japanese had ill-treated, exploited, and murdered innumerable people as well as citizens in the counties during the WWII. But, in the novel, those facts are not mentioned, and it just describes the author was also a victim from the war. It can be true, but it's pretty unfair. She could survive, and stated somethings what she suffered that she insists. However, the novel is definitely insulting people who were the victims by Japan because she mentioned only that Japanese were the victims by the war.
[edit] Japan does not ban the sale of this book
According to JoongAngdaily of Korea, “So Far From the Bamboo Grove” has been banned in China and Japan since its initial publication.[1]". It's a wrong information. The book is not published in Japanese, but the imported English written book is sold in several book shops such as amazon.co.jp. I don't know the situation in China, however, I'm sure the source is not reliable. Usually, books are not banned in Japan.--Mochi 13:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Corrected information, Japan refused to publish it. "한글판은 특히 일본 출판사가 이 책의 일본어판 출판을 거부했으며, 중국에서도 이 책이 금서로 지정됐다고 소개했다." It says that Japanese publishers refused to publish a Japanese version of the book while it is banned in China. SirHeiji 03:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
"A Japanese publisher refused the book" or "Japanese publishers refused the book" are different. I read the Empas's article via machine translation, and could not recognize about this point. There are so many publishers in Japan. It's hard to consider all major Japanese publishers refused. We can not know why the book is published in Japanese, so it shold simply be described that the book is not published in Japanese in Japan.--Mochi 08:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
"Japan has refused to publish this book" There is no subject who in Japan refused. Could you explain to us who refused this?
Korean papers are sometimes lost in wild fancies.--Uriry 03:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- Clarify yourself. What do you mean by "wild fancies?" mirageinred 00:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Yoko's father's job
I have not read the book. But I found a simple misunderstanding by Korean people. According to several news, the Yoko's father worked in South Manchuria Railway. It was a rail compay, not Army nor Unit 731. South Korean media say her father was arrested by Soviet Union, this may because he was a member of Unit 731[2]. One million Japanese people were arrested by Soviet Union and forced to work in Siberia. So the deducation seems wrong.
Furthermore, her father's job is not related to what Yoko wrote.--Mochi 13:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
The book is semi-autobiographical so it doesn't have to adhere to every aspect of her life. As in, he may be a railroad worker, but he can be part of Unit 731 in the book. mirageinred 04:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
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- The Korean show and the article speculates that he may have worked for unit 731. The article you used says that it has been "strongly suggested" that he may have worked for unit 731. Can I see a source regarding his occupation? Also, I don't know how he was in real life, but he may have been portrayed that way in the book, because it's semi-autobiographical. It doesn't make sense that there are bamboos in northern Korea. mirageinred 04:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'd just like to say... It says the family settled in the Hamgyeong area. There was description of bamboo in Hamgyeong district. Bamboo? Don't be daft. Bamboo grows in subtropical regions. Therefore, the bamboo could not possibly grow where they said it would. the book seems inaccurate. (PRhyu 11:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC))
- Exactly what I wanted to say. Did the climate change drastically over the last 60 years? mirageinred 14:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
