In 1924 seventeen-year-old Peter Hyun arrived in Hawaii with three younger siblings, leaving behind family and friends in Japanese-occupied Seoul and the Korean community of exiles in Shanghai. The early chapters of this spirited autobiographical account, the sequel to Man Sei!, recount Hyun's life as a young Korean coming of age in Hawaii and as a college student studying philosophy and theatre arts in Indiana. After college, Hyun moved to New York and in 1930 began working as an assistant stage manager with Eva ...
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In 1924 seventeen-year-old Peter Hyun arrived in Hawaii with three younger siblings, leaving behind family and friends in Japanese-occupied Seoul and the Korean community of exiles in Shanghai. The early chapters of this spirited autobiographical account, the sequel to Man Sei!, recount Hyun's life as a young Korean coming of age in Hawaii and as a college student studying philosophy and theatre arts in Indiana. After college, Hyun moved to New York and in 1930 began working as an assistant stage manager with Eva LeGallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre. He later went on to direct theatre companies in New York, Massachusetts, California, and Montreal. As Hyun was one of only a handful of minorities working in the avant garde theatre in the 1930s and 1940s, his account contributes to our understanding of the place of Asians in art outside the mainstream. He also provides a personal perspective on key periods in American race relations, particularly during World War II and the Korean War. In the New World celebrates a rich life full of diversity. Throughout his life, Hyun believed that the making of a Korean American was essentially a cultural marriage - a marriage often requiring a lengthy and difficult engagement to succeed. In the New World is the story of Hyun's engagement, with all its triumphs and misfortunes, told with candor and wit. Peter Hyun died in 1993 at the age of eighty-seven.
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Good. 6 x 9. Corners lightly bumped and creased, interior tight and clean, x + 290 pages including appendix, explores the role of Asians in art outside the mainstream, key periods in American race relations during WWII and the Korean War through the life of a Korean, Peter Hyun, who emigrated to the United States in 1924 at the age of 17, attended college in Indiana as a student of philosophy and theater arts and worked in various theaters and companies in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Near Fine. 8vo. First Thus edition; 290 clean, unmarked pages, including appendix, ...explores the role of Asians in art outside the mainstream, key periods in American race relations during WWII and the Korean War through the life of a Korean, Peter Hyun, who emigrated to the United States in 1924 at the age of 17, attended college in Indiana as a student of philosophy and theater arts and worked in various theaters and companies in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Fine. 082481648X. Pictorial softcover. First printing of first edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. An autobiography of this Korean immigrant that spans the better part of the 20th century. Historic photos included. 8vo. 290 pp. Including index.
