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Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author’s original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.

Dictee is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), reflects Cha’s original vision for the book as an art object in its authentic form, featuring: The original coverHigh-quality reproductions of the interior layout
Dictee tells the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself.

This dynamic autobiography: Structures the story in nine parts around the Greek MusesDeploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiryLinks the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes
The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.

From the Publisher

Details about the new and restored editions from Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Publication Year
2009 2022 2022 2022

Edition
First Edition Restored Edition Restored Edition First Edition

Bind
Paperback Hardcover Paperback Paperback

Description
First edition of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s best-known work Restored edition and original vision of the 2009 first edition Restored edition and original vision of the 2009 first edition Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s previously uncollected writings

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; Second Edition, Reissue, Restored (September 13, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 178 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520390482
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520390485
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8 inches