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Yun Ko-eun’s ‘The Disaster Tourist’ is a much needed escape

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Article
https://theboar.org/2020/10/review-the-disaster-tourist-yun-ko-eun/
Journal
The Boar
Issued Date
October 17, 2020
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
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Book
The Disaster Tourist
Writer
Yun Ko Eun
Translator
Lizzie Buehler

About the Author

  • Yun Ko Eun
  • Birth : 1980 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Ko Eun
  • Family Name : Yun
  • Korean Name : 윤고은
  • ISNI : 0000000460164576
  • Works : 12
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  • English(English)

Across South Korea, there is an ongoing literary revolution. Radical, exciting and insightful authors are emerging and producing stellar pieces of fiction that relate to our contemporary anxieties concerning modern day life in unique means. Recently published in English, Yun Ko-eun’s debut to English-reading audiences is a surprisingly nostalgic-filled tale of a harassed and unappreciated travel agent in Seoul. She works for an agency that specialises in designing tours appealing to those with a taste for dark tourism. At times a critique on capitalism and at other times a charming reminder of how exciting it can be to escape, perhaps more relevant in our current times, The Disaster Tourist is a warming and revealing story. It not only showcases the potential of the author, but also probes us to question our own habits.

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