Familiar Things

Name: Familiar Things
Brand: Scribe Publications
SKU: 9781911617198
Price: 13.59 EUR
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★★★★★

English

By (author): Hwang Sok-yong

Translated by: Sora Kim-Russell

A vibrant and enchanting novel from one of Koreas most celebrated writers.

When 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive at Flower Island a vast landfill site on the outskirts of Seoul they soon become part of the eclectic community of impoverished outsiders who make their living weeding recyclables from the rubbish.

Then, one night, Bugeye notices mysterious lights dancing around the landfill Could it be the islands ancient spirits? Is his luck about to change?

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

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Product Details

Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 12 Jul 2018
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781911617198

About Hwang Sok-yong

Hwang Sok-yong was born in 1943 and is arguably Koreas most renowned author. In 1993 he was sentenced to seven years in prison for an unauthorised trip to the North to promote exchange between artists in the two Koreas. Five years later he was released on a special pardon by the new president. The recipient of Koreas highest literary prizes he has been shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger and was awarded the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for his book At Dusk. His novels and short stories are published in North and South Korea Japan China France Germany and the United States. Previous novels include The Ancient Garden The Story of Mister Han The Guest and The Shadow of Arms. Sora Kim-Russell has translated numerous works of Korean fiction including Hwang Sok-yongs Princess Bari (Garnet Publishing 2015) Familiar Things (Scribe 2017) and At Dusk (Scribe 2018) which was longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize.