Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River

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By Jung Young Moon

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Summary

In Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River by Jung Young Moon, an unnamed narrator embarks on a peculiar and philosophical journey. As he navigates the labyrinth of his thoughts, he explores themes of existence, time, and the nature of reality, all while crafting an imaginative narrative that defies traditional storytelling conventions. The book offers an introspective exploration that invites readers to question their perceptions and embrace the absurdities of life.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate unconventional narratives that blend philosophical musings with surreal humour. The author offers a unique exploration of the human mind and its quirks, crafting an engaging literary experience that is thought-provoking and entertaining.

Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River

A literary meandering into the mythology of place and what a novel can be, inspired by the author's time spent at an artist residency in small-town Texas.

• Book launch and author appearance at Texas Book Festival, Wordstock,Brooklyn Book Festival, Miami Bok Festival, and/or LA Times Festival of Books • Author tour across the US, extensive dates in Texas, targeting bookstore and university audiences fully sponsored by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea • Promotion through the Korean Embassy's literature division • Promotion on LibraryThing, Goodreads, Riffle, and other social reading websites • Promotion on the publisher's website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum) • Promotion in the publisher’s e-newsletter • Promotion at the Texas Book Festival, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, the American Literary Translators Association Conference, and Book Expo America • Pitching for author appearances at book festivals around the US, such as Brooklyn Book Festival, Texas Book Festival (Austin), Litquake (San Francisco), Miami Book Fair International, PEN World Voices (NYC), Book Expo America (Chicago) • Print publicity targeting literary journals and newspaper book sections, especially the Dallas Morning News • Serial rights targeting Granta, Words Without Borders, Asymptote, The White Review; One Story, The Paris Review, Guernica, Tin House, McSweeney’s, the New Yorker, and others • Publicity targeting The New Inquiry, The Millions, Full-Stop, The Nervous Breakdown, HTMLGIANT, Three Percent, The Literary Saloon, The Quarterly Conversation, and more • Print and digital advertising in select literary journals and magazines and on their websites, such as Granta, The Rumpus, The White Review, A Public Space, Full Stop, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Electric Literature, Music & Literature, Entropy, World Literature Today, and others

Description

The author is well connected in the Texas and US arts community, having completed a writer's residency at 100W Corsicana hosted by author David Searcy, who is also a character in this book.

This is the author's 3rd book in English; the last Deep Vellum published was very well received critically.

The author has spent extensive time touring the US for book events and will do so again with this book.

The Texas setting of Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River has great appeal to readers, perhaps even more so than a book in translation set in a foreign country they don't know.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River is praised for its unusual and subversive narrative, drawing comparisons to Tristram Shandy. Critics highlight its dispassionate and ambiguous style that challenges traditional storytelling, creating an engaging stream of consciousness set in Texas. The book is noted for its fluid, almost dreamlike prose, offering a unique perspective by a Korean writer in an American setting, thus enriching the cross-cultural literary landscape.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781941920855

Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Yewon Jung

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 168

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About the Author

Jung Young Moon, born in 1965, is an award-winning Korean writer and translator. A graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in psychology, Jung is also an alum of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. In 2012, he won the Han Moo-suk Literary Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, and the Daesan Literary Award for his novel A Contrived World. He has been a resident at the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Korean Study and the 100 West Corsicana Artists' & Writers' Residency in Texas, the latter of which inspired his novel Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River. Deep Vellum published his novel Vaseline Buddha in 2016, and will publish his linked novella trilogy Arriving in a Thick Fog in 2020.