Whale (Paperback)
Ch'on, Myong-gwan (Author)
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A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce and fantasy.
Reviews
"In recent years East Asia has usurped Latin America as the lodestar of magic realism… Cheon Myeong-kwan's Whale, a novel of tycoons, ghosts and cinephiles that was first published in South Korea in 2003 and has now been translated into English by Chi-Young Kim, rides the crest of this wave… Told in an omniscient and playful narrative voice, smoothly translated by Chi-Young, this is a distinctly Korean take on Great Expectations, a tale of aspiration and folly punctuated with artisan...
ISBN (SKU)
9781787704947
Pages
367
Weight
250g
Dimensions
198x129x26
Imprint
Europa Editions
Published
29, February, 2024
Genres
Fiction
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