The Poet

Mun-yol Yi

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The life of a poet becomes a parable of hunger, hope, and the price of beauty. Yi Sang, born into poverty, dreams of becoming a poet. His gift with words leads him down a path of wandering, hunger, and rejection - yet also moments of transcendent vision. Drawing on the real life of nineteenth-century poet Kim Byeong-yeon, Yi Mun-yol creates a work that is at once historical fiction, fable, and a meditation on the burden of art itself.

Author(s): Yi, Mun-yol
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 02/07/2026
Pagination: 176 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published By: Vintage Classics
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction|Fiction in translation|Biographical fiction|Historical fiction
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 12
Weight: 148
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529986112

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