Zhu yongjun (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What does it mean to belong to two countries when neither citizenship nor ancestry provides a final answer Yongjun Zhu was born in Yanbian, China, into a Korean-speaking family. He was educated in Korean, studied in Korea and America, and later returned to Korea as a professor. In 2025, on his thirty-eighth birthday, he applied for Korean citizenship. He hoped official recognition might change how he understood himself, but the result was not as simple as he had imagined. Moving through childhood memories, languages, migration, family ancestry, academic life, citizenship, and the preservation of his name, Korean Chinese, Chinese Korean follows one person's long investigation into identity. It examines how the same word-??? in China and ??? in Korea-can carry belonging, pride, uncertainty, and burden. This book does not offer an answer for every Korean Chinese person or ask anyone to choose one country over another. It is a personal inquiry into what we inherit, what others call us, and what we choose to carry. It is also a formal farewell to the need for one final definition.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What if one question could quietly change the way you see your life Possibility is a reflective memoir about family, memory, identity, and the questions that gradually shape who we become.Told through short scenes and simple questions, the book follows one person's attempt to understand his parents, his younger self, and, ultimately, himself. Rather than offering answers, it invites readers to ask their own.This is not a story about success. It is a story about understanding-how one life came to be, how a family shaped it, and how understanding gradually changed the questions one person asked.If you enjoy reflective memoirs and literary nonfiction that leave room for interpretation, Possibility invites you to slow down, reflect, and discover your own questions.…