Familiar Things - Softcover

Sok-Yong, Hwang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947534041 ISBN 13: 9781947534049

Verlag: Scribe US, 2018

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"Familiar Things is both tragic and heartrending."

--The Skinny

"Reality, fiction and fantasy mix closely, giving his writing unparalleled power. Hwang Sok-yong's empathy for his heroes is always accompanied by a fierce rage against the powerful."

--Le Monde Diplomatique

"In Familiar Things, the great Korean writer embraces the social realities of his country. It is the opposite of the economic miracle that he paints for us here. Beyond simple naturalism, Hwang Sok-yong mixes into the actual, the magic of a popular culture steeped in the spiritual."

--LivresHebdo

"A vivid depiction of a city too quick to throw away both possessions and people."

--Financial Times

"Galvanized by Nobel Prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe's resounding endorsement--'undoubtedly the most powerful voice in Asia today'--and master translator Sora Kim Russell's exquisite rendition, Hwang's latest anglophonic import is surely poised for western success.'

--Terry Hong "Booklist "

"Hwang's writing is rich with symbolism, cautionary lessons, and the potential for redemption."

--World Literature Today

"While it invokes South Korean history, culture, mythology and folklore, this slim novel is unmistakably universal in its reach, contemporary in its appeal, and packs an emotional punch that reverberates long after reading."

--South China Morning Post

"Hwang Sok-yong is one of the most read Korean writers in his country, and best known abroad. An activist for democracy and reconciliation with the North, in his books he melds his political fights with the Korean cultural imagination."

--Le Monde

"Undoubtedly the most powerful voice in Asia today."

--Kenzaburō Ōe, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

"Sora Kim-Russell's translation moves gracefully between gritty, whiffy realism and folk-tale spookiness."

--The Economist

Reseña del editor:

Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea’s glittering metropolis is a place few people know about: a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Home to those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father’s internment in a government ‘re-education camp’.

Living in a shack and supporting himself by weeding recyclables out of the refuse, at first Bugeye’s life on Flower Island is hard. But then one night he notices mysterious lights around the landfill. And when the ancient spirits that still inhabit the island’s landscape reveal themselves to him, Bugeye's luck begins to change – but can it last?

Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away.

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• Verlag: Scribe US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1947534041
• ISBN 13: 9781947534049
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224