고산자

A novel of the life of Kim Jeong-ho, who called himself Gosanja and drew Joseon's most accurate maps, a man of whom history records almost nothing. As a boy he can read the lie of hills and rivers at a glance. His father leads a relief force against the Hong Gyeong-rae rebellion with an official map as his only guide, and the whole troop is found dead because the map was wrong. Fearing a false charge of treason, the ten-year-old flees by night and roams the land as a carpenter. He spends half a century making a map to give the land back to its people, helped by young scholars and travelling peddlers, until others plot to steal his work.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

359 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

South Korea, 19th century

First published

2009 by Munhakdongne

Author's age

63 when first published

ISBN

9788954608275 (original)

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