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The Court Dancer

by Kyung-Sook Shin
Rosa Escoda
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When a novice French diplomat arrives in Korea for an audience with the Emperor, he is enraptured by the Joseon Dynasty's magnificent culture. But all fades away when he sees Yi Jin perform the delicate traditional Dance of the Spring Oriole. Although well aware that women of the court belong to the palace, the young diplomat confesses his love to the Emperor and gains permission for Yi Jin to accompany him back to France. A world away in Belle Epoque Paris, Yi Jin lives a free, independent life away from the gilded cage of the court and begins translating and publishing Joseon literature into French with another Korean student. But even in this new world, great sorrow awaits her, and Yi Jin's grieving and suffering is only amplified by homesickness. But her homecoming ends up being an unhappy one. Betrayal, jealousy, and intrigue abound, culminating with the tragic assassination of the last Joseon empress...

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    August 7, 2018

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      • ISBN: 9781666588743
      • File size: 330896 KB
      • Duration: 11:29:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Rosa Escoda takes listeners back to Belle-poque Paris and then to the Korean Joseon Court. She frames this true story of Yi Jin, a court dancer who became the wife of a Frenchman, in a voice as delicate as Yi's famed beauty. Listeners learn about Korean and European societies in a bygone time through Escoda's light touch. She tells this tragic love story in dulcet tones that both inform listeners about the history of the period and tug at their heartstrings as Yi Jin encounters feelings of alienation in Paris. Escoda's steady narration clearly moves listeners between Korea and France as the story imagines Yi's remarkable journey. M.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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