만인보는 총 몇권으로 이루어져 있는가?
Other works, however, are huge, like the seven-volume epic of the Korean independence movement under Japanese rule, "Paektu Mountain" (1987–94). There is also the monumental 30-volume "Ten Thousand Lives" (Maninbo). This was written over the years 1983-2010 to fulfil a vow made by Ko Un during his final imprisonment, when he was expecting to be executed. If he lived, he swore that every person he had ever met would be remembered with a poem. Speaking of his feelings at surviving the Korean War, when so many he knew had not, he has stated that “I'm inhabited by a lament for the dead. I have this calling to bring back to life all those who have died….I bear the dead within me still, and they write through me.” "Maninbo"’s discursive structure engages biographical and social themes using the rhythms of informal speech with a cumulative effect that has been compared to “the political and encyclopedic ambitions of Charles Reznikoff's "Testimony".” The style is documentary but often leads to a thoughtful ending.
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