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One Hundred Shadows

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Author
Hwang Jungeun
Co-Author
-
Translator
정예원
Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Published Year
2016
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Romance

Original Title
백의 그림자
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Baegui geurimja
ISBN
9781911284024
Page
152
Volume

About the Author

  • Hwang Jungeun
  • Birth : 1976 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Jungeun
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황정은
  • ISNI : 0000000118516177
  • Works : 28
About the Original Work
  • 백의 그림자
  • Author : Hwang Jungeun
  • Published Year : 2010
  • English Title : One Hundred Shadows
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  • English(English)

An oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, One Hundred Shadows is set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul – an area earmarked for demolition in a city better known for its shiny skyscrapers and slick pop videos. Here, the awkward, tentative relationship between Eungyo and Mujae, who both dropped out of formal education to work as repair-shop assistants, is made yet more uncertain by their economic circumstances, while their matter-of-fact discussion of a strange recent development – the shadows of the slum’s inhabitants have started to ‘rise’ – leaves the reader to make up their own mind as to the nature of this shape-shifting tale.

 

Hwang’s spare prose is illuminated by arresting images, quirky dialogue and moments of great lyricism, crafting a deeply affecting novel of perfectly calibrated emotional restraint. Known for her interest in social minorities, Hwang eschews the dreary realism usually employed for such issues, without her social criticism being any less keen. As well as an important contribution to contemporary working-class literature, One Hundred Shadows depicts the little-known underside of a society which can be viciously superficial, complicating the shiny, ultra-modern face which South Korea presents to the world.

 

Source: http://www.tiltedaxispress.com/one-hundred-shadows/

E-books & Audiobooks2

  • Spanish(Español) E-books
    Tantas sombras
    Hwang Jungeun / 황정은 / 2022 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Romance
  • English(English) E-books
    One Hundred Shadows
    Hwang Jungeun / 황정은 / 2024 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Romance
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