Eileen Battersby’s books of the year: Fiction

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Eileen Battersby’s books of the year: Fiction

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Article: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/eileen-battersby-s-books-of-the-year-fiction-1.2468585
Journal: The Irish Times
Issued Date: December 17, 2015
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: IRELAND
City: -
Book: The Vegetarian , Our Happy Time
Writer: Han Kang , Yi Mun-yol
Translator: Deborah Smith,Sora Kim-Russell

About the Author

Han Kang
Birth : 1970 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kang
Family Name : Han
Korean Name : 한강
ISNI : 0000000054537103
Works : 160

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The Vegetarian By Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith (Portobello) A cautionary tale in three acts, this charts one woman’s journey into apathy. It also reveals the plight of women in male-dominated Korean society. Han examines suffering, grief and the death of hope. It is a remarkably philosophical work considering its physicality and awareness of brutal power shifts. Our Twisted Hero By Yi Munyol, translated by Kevin O’Rourke (Hyperion East) The Private Life of Plants, by Lee Seung-U, translated by Inrae You Vinciguerra and Louis Vinciguerra (Dalkey Archive) Power shifts in a Korean classroom reflect the wider politics in Our Twisted Hero, while The Private Life of Plants looks at emotional estrangement in a family beset by secrets and tragedy. Lee’s slow moving approach to narrative is well countered by the convincingly bewildered narrator whose voice seldom wavers. Sourc: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/eileen-battersby-s-books-of-the-year-fiction-1.2468585

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