The Naked Tree (, Namok) is a 2019Compare to English version: Korean-language graphic novel by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. Janet Hong translated the book into English, and this version was published in 2023 by Drawn and Quarterly.
It is a graphic novel version of a work of the same name by Park Wan-Suh. It focuses on Park Su-geun and Lee Kyeonga. Gendry-Kim chose to make changes to the narrative instead of simply adapting the work. Originally Gendry-Kim wanted to adhere to the original novel. - Also at EBSCOHost
Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, and stated that it is "masterful and devastating". Graziano Krätli, in World Literature Today, wrote that the work handles its themes through a "more subdued and meditative" approach in relation to Gendry-Kim's other works.
Terry Hong of Booklist gave a starred review and wrote that the work is "immersive, potent, enduring".
Charles La Shure of Seoul National University wrote in Koreana that the comic is "beautiful window on" the novel.
See also Other graphic novels by Gendry-Kim: Dog Days Grass The Waiting
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External links The Naked Tree - Drawn and Quarterly The Naked Tree - -