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Familiar Things

Familiar Things
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
9781925228991
Page
224
Volume
-
Hwang Sok-yong
  • Hwang Sok-yong
  • Birth : 1943 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sok-yong
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황석영
  • ISNI : 0000000121322250
  • Works : 136
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 황석영 낯-김 LTI Korea Library Available - -
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Descriptions
  • English(English)

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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