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Rina
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Rina is a defector from a country that might be North Korea, traversing an 'empty and futile' landscape. Along the way, she is forced to work at a chemical plant, murders a few people, becomes a prostitute, runs a lucrative bar, and finds solace in a...
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Rina
Rina is a defector from a country that might be North Korea, traversing an 'empty and futile' landscape. Along the way, she is forced to work at a chemical plant, murders a few people, becomes a prostitute, runs a lucrative bar, and finds a solace in a motley family of wanderers all as disenfranchised as she.
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Description
Rina is a defector from a country that might be North Korea, traversing an 'empty and futile' landscape. Along the way, she is forced to work at a chemical plant, murders a few people, becomes a prostitute, runs a lucrative bar, and finds solace in a motley family of wanderers, all as disenfranchised as she.
Brutal and unflinching, with elements of the mythic and grotesque interspersed with hard-edged realism, Rina is a pioneering work of Korean postmodernism.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781960385086
Publisher: Open Letter
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 October 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Open Letter
Contributors:
- Translated by Kim Boram
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 350
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About the Author
Kang Young-sook was born in Chuncheon, Gangwondo, and graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She attended the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2009, and has served as an advisory member of the Korea Dialogue Academy since 1990.
Kim Boram was born in Massachusetts. Her first translated work was Kim Yeon-su's short story 'The Five Pleasures of Walking'. She is currently working toward her PhD in English at UCLA.
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