Dystopia Is Everywhere

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Dystopia Is Everywhere

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Article: http://bostonreview.net/literature-culture/jae-won-chung-dystopia-everywhere
Journal: Boston Review
Issued Date: February 14, 2019
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED STATES
City: Boston
Book: City of Ash and Red
Writer: Pyun Hye Young
Translator: Sora Kim-Russell

About the Author

PYUN HYE YOUNG
Birth : 1972 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Hye Young
Family Name : Pyun
Korean Name : 편혜영
ISNI : 0000000380038967
Works : 37

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English(English)

In Hye-young Pyun’s City of Ash and Red, an unnamed employee of a pesticide company attends a party where he crushes an interloping rat with a designer bag. The branch manager is impressed enough to offer the man a promotion via relocation to Country C. The island where he is meant to reside is built on an old landfill. Trash festers everywhere. But ubiquitous waste is the least of the man’s problems. He’s quarantined at an airport. There are rumors of an impending earthquake. His palms and arms are mottled with unexplained bruises. When he finally realizes he forgot to make arrangements for his dog’s care, he calls a colleague to investigate. The colleague reports that the man’s dog has been found dead, along with his ex-wife, both repeatedly stabbed. The protagonist believes himself to be innocent. We suspect otherwise.

Translated Books37 See More

French(Français) Book Available
CENDRES ET ROUGE
PYUN HYE YOUNG et al / 편혜영 / 2012
French(Français) Book Available
séoul/port-au-prince
Hwang Jungeun et al / 황정은 et al / 2015
French(Français) Book Available
Traduire la vie
KIM UN-SU et al / 김언수 et al / 2015