Familiar Things

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Author: Hwang Sok-yong
Co-Author: -
Translator: Sora Kim-Russell
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published Year: 2017
Country: AUSTRALIA
Classification: KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
Original Title: 낯익은 세상
Original Language: Korean(한국어)
Romanization of Original: Nachigeun sesang
ISBN: 9781925322019
Page: 224
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About the Author

Hwang Sok-yong
Birth : 1943 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Sok-yong
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황석영
ISNI : 0000000121322250
Works : 133

About the Original Work

낯익은 세상
Author : Hwang Sok-yong
Published Year : 2011
English Title : Familiar Things

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Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea’s glittering metropolis is a place few people know about: a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Home to those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father’s internment in a government ‘re-education camp’.

Living in a shack and supporting himself by weeding recyclables out of the refuse, at first Bugeye’s life on Flower Island is hard. But then one night he notices mysterious lights around the landfill. And when the ancient spirits that still inhabit the island’s landscape reveal themselves to him, Bugeye's luck begins to change – but can it last?

Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away.

source: scribepublications.com

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