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Whale: Shortlisted For The International Booker Prize - 9781953861146
Archipelago
ISBN13:
9781953861146
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** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE ** A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy--a masterpiece of modern fiction perfect for fans of One Hundred Years of Solitude Whale is the English-language debut of a beloved and bestselling South Korean author, a born storyteller with a cinematic, darkly humorous, and thoroughly original perspective. 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 a few of the events that set Myeong-kwan Cheons beautifully crafted, wild world in motion. Whale, set in a remote village in South Korea, follows the lives of many linked characters, including Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman 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 humor, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions by one of the most original voices in international literature.
- | Author: Cheon Myeong-Kwan
- | Publisher: Archipelago
- | Publication Date: May 02, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 372 pages
- | Language: Korean
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1953861148
- | ISBN-13: 9781953861146
- Author:
- Cheon Myeong-Kwan
- Publisher:
- Archipelago
- Publication Date:
- May 02, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 372 pages
- Language:
- Korean
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1953861148
- ISBN-13:
- 9781953861146