Can't I leave

Can I leave? Author: Lee Geum Lee Language: Arabic Publication date: 2024 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Aseer Books for Translation, Publishing, and Distribution Number of pages: 400 Description: The lives and identities of two women intertwine - during World War II and the Korean War - to reveal the harsh truths of class division in the first half of the twentieth century. "Can I leave?" traces the life of the daughter of a Korean noble and her servant in the early twentieth century. When the daughter's suitor is arrested as a Korean independence activist, and she becomes involved during the investigation, she is soon forced to marry one of her father's Japanese employees and travels to the United States. At the same time, her servant is sent to be a comfort woman for the Japanese Imperial Army. Korean comfort women were exploited by the Japanese Imperial Army in the most brutal ways. This is followed by years of hardship, survival attempts, and even happiness. After World War II, the two women return home, where they must forget the complex lives they lived, in an effort to regain their identities and find their place in independent Korea. "Can I leave?" is an exceptional historical work full of twists and surprises, joys and pains, shedding light on the history of a nation; its suffering and struggle, but at the same time it does not fail to focus on the lives of its two main characters.