South Korea 1957. Sukey, an intelligent graduate with much promise, falls in love with a man, Kwon, who confesses to her that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire (having started on 25 June 1950). Even though fighting is suspended, hostility and enmity towards the North is the social norm. With anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, and arrests of any suspect, citizens are urged to be vigilant and to report on any suspicious goings-on. When Sukey takes on Kwon as her lover, she has little idea of what it will be like to keep an ex-spy hidden away from society, her family and friends. Her world changes overnight, and within a few months she is reduced to a nervous wreck…
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- PART I
- Chapter 1: Letters
- Chapter 2: Fate’s Favourite Child
- Chapter 3: Sisters
- Chapter 4: A Chronicle of April
- Chapter 5: At The Threshold of a New Era – Memories of a Childhood
- Chapter 6: In the Valley on the Dark Side of the Sun - 1
- Chapter 7: In the Valley on the Dark Side of the Sun – 2
- Chapter 8: In the Valley on the Darkside of the Sun – 3
- PART II
- Chapter 9: Confession
- Chapter 10: Crime and Punishment
- Chapter 11: In a Hospital Ward
- Chapter 12: A June Diary
- Chapter 13: The Rally
- Chapter 14: Vicissitude – A Chronicle of Christmas and the New Year
- Chapter 15: Living on Borrowed Time
- Chapter 16: Departure
- Back Cover
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