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Eerie Detachment and The Domestic Surreal: A Review of Ha Seong-Nan’s Bluebeard’s First Wife

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Article
https://lit.newcity.com/2020/08/20/eerie-detachment-and-the-domestic-surreal-a-review-of-ha-seong-nans-bluebeards-first-wife/
Journal
Newcity Lit
Issued Date
August 20, 2020
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
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Book
Bluebeard's First Wife
Writer
Ha Seong-nan
Translator
Janet Hong

About the Author

  • Ha Seong-nan
  • Birth : 1967 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Seong-nan
  • Family Name : Ha
  • Korean Name : 하성란
  • ISNI : 0000000084812321
  • Works : 13
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  • English(English)

“Bluebeard’s First Wife,” originally published in 2002, is a collection of short stories from South Korean author Ha Seong-Nan. Ha Seong-Nan has won five major literary awards in Korea, including the Contemporary Literature Award in 2009. Her second collection finally got an English-language translation by Janet Hong, and was released in the U.S. in June.

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