Blogs in April 2020

Tiger Pelt 12th April 2020

Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Finalist Named to Kirkus Reviews Best Books Gold Winner Nautilus Book Awards Gripping, suspenseful, and unflinching, Tiger Pelt is a story of rebirth from the rubble of a savage time and a ravaged...

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The Library of Musical Instruments 12th April 2020

The second short-story collection by Kim Jung-hyuk, the author of Penguin News, features a total of eight short stories, including Syncopation D which won the 2nd Kim You-jeong Literary Award in 2008. They represent the many sounds sampled by...

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Pavane for a Dead Princess 12th April 2020

Park Min-gyu has been celebrated and condemned for his attacks upon what he perceives as the humorlessness of contemporary Korean literature. Pavane for a Dead Princess is his attack upon the beauty-fetish that reigns over popular culture, detailing the...

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My Son’s Girlfriend 12th April 2020

At once an ironic portrayal of contemporary Korea and an intimate exploration of heartache, alienation, and nostalgia, this collection of seven short stories has earned the author widespread critical acclaim.

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I Hear Your Voice 12th April 2020

From one of Korea’s literary stars, a novel about two orphans from the streets of Seoul: one becomes the head of a powerful motorcycle gang, and the other follows him at all costs In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs...

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