Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (Forthieth Anniversary) by Richard E. Kim Bibliography "Soman crafts a beautiful story

"Soman crafts a beautiful story

-- New York Magazine

Sun-Dried Tomato

Notes from Sainte-Marie and Flett about their inspiration for the song and illustrations

His accolades include the Astrid Lindgren Prize and the Elsa Beskow Medal

Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (Forthieth Anniversary) by Richard E. Kim Bibliography "Soman crafts a beautiful storyIn this autobiography, Richard E. Kim paints seven vivid scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation during WWII, 1932 to 1945. Taking its title from the grim fact that the occupiers forced the Koreans to renounce their own names and adopt Japanese names instead, the book follows one Korean family through the Japanese occupation to the surrender of Japan and dissolution of the Japanese empire.