Sách - Whale - A masterpiece of modern Korean fiction by Chi-Young Kim (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Independent Alliance Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781787704336 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 368 Dimensons: 198 x 132 x 30 | 400 (gram) ---------------------------------------- A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce and fantasy. "A DISTINCTLY KOREAN TAKE ON GREAT EXPECTATIONS." Financial Times A woman sells her daughter to a passing beekeeper for two jars of honey. A baby weighing fifteen pounds is born in the depths of winter but named “Girl of Spring”. A storm brings down the roof of a ramshackle restaurant to reveal a hidden fortune. These are just some of the events that set Myeong-Kwan's beautifully crafted, wild world in motion. Set in a remote village in South Korea, Whale follows the lives of its linked characters: Geumbok, who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humour, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions, by one of international literature’s the most original voices. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING "This is absolutely one of my all-time favourite reads." KACEY on NETGALLEY "Finding books like this is why I read books in translation - they open up other worlds for me." HANNAH on NETGALLEY "A distinctive and fascinating novel." PAUL on NETGALLEY "Fantastic and bizarre." CHIARA on NETGALLEY "It makes me want to read more Korean literature." KATIE on NETGALLEY "I can't stop thinking about it." AFINI on NETGALLEY "A rich, imaginative, and plot-driven novel." ISABEL on NETGALLEY "What a weirdly derful book!" DEBORAH on NETGALLEY Review Quote"In recent years East Asia has usurped Latin America as the lodestar of magic realism… Cheon Myeong-kwan’s Whale, a novel of tycoons, ghosts and cinephiles that was first published in South Korea in 2003 and has now been translated into English by Chi-Young Kim, rides the crest of this wave… Told in an omniscient and playful narrative voice, smoothly translated by Chi-Young, this is a distinctly Korean take on Great Expectations, a tale of aspiration and folly punctuated with artisanal bricks and dried fish." Review Quote "A lesson in magical realism, weaving together riotous tales of secret treasure, a baby and people who speak to elephants... Fast paced and cinematic." Review Quote "A rich, fantastical tale..... unique and ambitious." Review Quote “Funny and light while also deeply philosophical and sensual.” Review Quote "In tying together a series of fun, related anecdotes, Cheon cleverly spins a fantastical tale that also contains some unpalatable truths about not-so-distant Korean history – and that’s without even mentioning the man with the scar, the brickyard and the titular whale of a building." Review Quote "A kaleidoscope of interlocking stories, all painted larger than life." Review Quote"A peerless work devoted to telling a powerful story and lauded for expanding Korean literature into new dimensions." Review Quote"A novel that seduces." Review Quote "[Whale] redefines what fiction can be." Review Quote "Whale overflows with freshness. That's what makes it special." Review Quote “Fast-paced and imaginative.” Review Quote “Whale has leaped over the boundaries of a novel and entered a new space, just like South American fiction.” Review Quote "There has never been a novel like this in Korean literature...A novel that's more like reading out loud than reading quietly to oneself; its structure is like that of a folktale. You can feel the oral tradition in the rhythm of the sentences." Key Selling Points: [[[DOUBLECRLF]]]• Asian contemporary classic[[[DOUBLECRLF]]]• Award-winning author, highly regarded in South Korea and internationally praised[[[DOUBLECRLF]]]Target readership [[[DOUBLECRLF]]]• Readers of contemporary Asian and South Korean writers[[[DOUBLECRLF]]]• Fans dark humour and social commentary through rich narratives[[[DOUBLECRLF]]]• For fans of The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....