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City of Ash and Red

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Author
Hye-young Pyun
Co-Author
-
Translator
Sora Kim-Russell
Publisher
Arcade
Published Year
2018
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

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

Original Title
재와 빨강
Romanization of Original
Jaewa Ppalgang
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781628727838
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

  • PYUN HYE YOUNG
  • Birth : 1972 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Hye Young
  • Family Name : Pyun
  • Korean Name : 편혜영
  • ISNI : 0000000380038967
  • Works : 37
About the Original Work
  • 재와 빨강
  • Author : PYUN HYE YOUNG
  • Published Year : 2010
  • English Title : City of Ash and Red
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

NAMED AN NPR GREAT READ OF 2018
From the Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of The Hole, a Kafkaesque tale of crime and punishment hailed by Korea's Wall Street Journal as "an airtight masterpiece."

Distinguished for his talents as a rat killer, the nameless protagonist of Hye-young Pyun's City of Ash and Red is sent by the extermination company he works for on an extended assignment in C, a country descending into chaos and paranoia, swept by a contagious disease, and flooded with trash. No sooner does he disembark than he is whisked away by quarantine officials and detained overnight. Isolated and forgotten, he realizes that he is stranded with no means of contacting the outside world. Still worse, when he finally manages to reach an old friend, he is told that his ex-wife's body was found in his apartment and he is the prime suspect. Barely managing to escape arrest, he must struggle to survive in the streets of this foreign city gripped with fear of contamination and reestablish contact with his company and friends in order to clear his reputation.
But as the man's former life slips further and further from his grasp, and he looks back on his time with his wife, it becomes clear that he may not quite be who he seems. From the bestselling author of The Hole, City of Ash and Red is an apocalyptic account of the destructive impact of fear and paranoia on people's lives as well as a haunting novel about a man's loss of himself and his humanity.

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Translated Books5 See More

  • Vietnamese(Tiếng Việt) Book
    TRO TÀN SẮC ĐỎ
    Pyun Hye-young / 편혜영 / 2017 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • Turkish(Türkçe) Book
    Küller ve Kızıl
    PYUN Hye-young / 편혜영 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • English(English) Book
    City of Ash and Red
    Pyun Hye Young / 편혜영 / 2018 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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