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A Modernist of Humor and Lyricism: Writer Jung Young Moon | LIST

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http://list.or.kr/node/567
Journal
list_Books from Korea
Issued Date
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Language
English(English)
Country
SOUTH KOREA
City
Seoul
Book
Vaseline Buddha
Writer
Jung Young Moon
Translator
정예원

About the Author

  • Jung Young Moon
  • Birth : 1965 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Young Moon
  • Family Name : Jung
  • Korean Name : 정영문
  • ISNI : 0000000078498081
  • Works : 15
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  • English(English)

A Modernist of Humor and Lyricism: Writer Jung Young Moon   By Han Eun-hyeong on Oct 19 2014 16:49:44 Vol.19 Spring 2013 The year 2012 could be called “the year of Jung Young Moon.” Jung received three major literary awards, one after another, for A Contrived World, published in 2011. A warm reception not enjoyed by the author throughout the publication of a dozen books since 1997 suddenly and belatedly washed over him. Of his works, the short story collections A Chain of Dark Tales and Pierrot on the Moon have been translated, the former into English and French and the latter into German, and A Most Ambiguous Sunday and An Afternoon of the Faun, also short story collections, are currently undergoing translation, as well as the novel, Vaseline Buddha.       Jung writes novels in which the narrators do everything in their imagination. The author, who rarely ever permits clichés, talks about “nothingness” as he describes ugliness instead of beauty, distinguishes between wretchedness and misery, ridicules rather than mocks, transforms ideas into lyricism, and goes from daydreams to delusions. To the author, an impressionist of languor, or an avant-garde lyricist, humor is language, ethics, and light.

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