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Whale

Whale
Author
Cheon Myeong-kwan
Co-Author
-
Translator
Jae Won Chung
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Pr
Published Year
2016
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Original Title
고래
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Gorae
ISBN
9781628971538
Page
420
Volume
-
Cheon Myeong-kwan
Descriptions
  • English(English)

While "Whale" begins with Chunhee, a mysterious young brickmaker of imposing physicality who cannot speak, introduced a the Queen of Red Bricks, it quickly situates her story within a longer multi-generational saga composed of three parts. While we learn of Chunhee s tragic path to her becoming someone who makes bricks of the highest quality, the novel retraces the familial circumstances that shaped her. While poignant yet brutal, "Whale" is also a satire of how we the general public, mass media, even artists and writers tend to romanticize voiceless figures of history."

Source : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29382499-whale