By Kim Se-jeong
The Korean community in California has decided to send copies of a novel depicting the lives of comfort women to public schools and libraries across the United States in order to raise awareness of the issue.
Five groups are leading the campaign, including the Korean American Forum of California, Korean Literary Society of Korea, Future Young Leaders of America and Korean Women's International Network's LA chapter.
The novel, "Daughter of the Dragon," was written by William Andrews and published in January last year.
Comfort women refer to the victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. At least 200,000 women are believed to have been conscripted for the sex service, most of whom were Asians.
The author has also pledged to donate some of the proceeds of the book to the cause. Two book signing events took place on Jan. 17 and 22 in California, drawing ethnic Koreans and other interested parties in the issue.
The book is a historical novel that depicts the lives of two sisters who fall victim to sexual slavery. The author said he had spent eight years researching the subject and interviewing some of the victims.
Andrews has an adopted daughter from Korea, and he said that is what triggered him to write the novel. He said he first learned about these atrocities in 1999 when he visited Korea with his daughter. The book won the Independent Publisher Book Award in the U.S. last year.
For more information about the campaign, call, 1-213-880-7992.
The Korean community in California has decided to send copies of a novel depicting the lives of comfort women to public schools and libraries across the United States in order to raise awareness of the issue.
Five groups are leading the campaign, including the Korean American Forum of California, Korean Literary Society of Korea, Future Young Leaders of America and Korean Women's International Network's LA chapter.
The novel, "Daughter of the Dragon," was written by William Andrews and published in January last year.
Comfort women refer to the victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. At least 200,000 women are believed to have been conscripted for the sex service, most of whom were Asians.
The author has also pledged to donate some of the proceeds of the book to the cause. Two book signing events took place on Jan. 17 and 22 in California, drawing ethnic Koreans and other interested parties in the issue.
The book is a historical novel that depicts the lives of two sisters who fall victim to sexual slavery. The author said he had spent eight years researching the subject and interviewing some of the victims.
Andrews has an adopted daughter from Korea, and he said that is what triggered him to write the novel. He said he first learned about these atrocities in 1999 when he visited Korea with his daughter. The book won the Independent Publisher Book Award in the U.S. last year.
For more information about the campaign, call, 1-213-880-7992.
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