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On Such a Full Sea

About the Original Works

On Such a Full Sea
Original Title
On Such a Full Sea
Title Romanization
On Such a Full Sea
English Title (Printed)
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Classification

KDC구분 > literature > English and American literatures

Author
Lee Chang-rae
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2014
Publisher
Riverhead Books
ISBN
9781594632068
Main Characters
Fan, Reg
Subject/Theme
Fictitious American society

About the Author

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  • Lee Chang-rae
  • Birth : 1965 ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Chang-rae
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이창래
  • ISNI : 0000000115844087
  • Works : 4
Plot

In this alternate fictional reality, America can be divided into three parts: charter villages, labor settlements such as B-Mor, and the Open Counties. The upper class live in the walled charter villages while the laborers make their home in settlements nearby, and beyond them lie the anarchic wastelands of the Open Counties. Fan is a fish-tank diver who lives in the B-Mor settlement. When her boyfriend, Reg, is captured and taken to a distant charter village, Fan, who is pregnant with his child, leaves the safety of the settlement to find him.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

2014년에 한국어로 번역, 출간된 이창래의 장편소설이다. 원제는 <On Such a Full Sea>이다.  이 작품의 가상의 미래 미국 사회를 배경으로 이야기를 전개하고 있으나 사실상 오늘날 우리 사회가 마주하고 있는 문제점들을 드러내고 있다 틀을 깨지 못 한 채 한 곳에 머무르는 사람들을 위로하면서, 한편으로는 틀 밖으로 나갈 용기를 주는 작품이라 평가된다.

This novel by Lee Chang-rae was translated into Korean and published in 2014. Set in an imagined fictional America, the novel also makes readers think about the world they live in. It offers comfort to those who stay in one place, and courage to those who step out of their molds.

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