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Roadkill

Roadkill
Author
Amil
Co-Author
-
Translator
Archana Madhavan
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Published Year
2025
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction

Original Title
로드킬
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
rodeukil
ISBN
9781787304857
Page
224
Volume
-
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  • Amil
  • Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Writer, Translator
  • First Name : 지현
  • Family Name : 김
  • Korean Name : 김지현
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 1
Descriptions
  • English(English)

Amil is a novelist, translator and essayist. She won the bronze medal at the Daesan Youth Literature Award for her short story ‘You Should Want To Be a Cartoonist’, the 2018 SF Award in the Short-Mid Novel category for the titular story ‘Roadkill’, and the 2020 SF Award Grand Prize for ‘Rabbi’. She has also written a novel, The Forest Called You. Amil has translated Alberto Manguel’s Fabulous Monsters and Joyce Carol Oates’ Haunted, Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein: A Love Story, R. O. Kwon’s Incendiaries, Lucas Rijneveld’s The Discomfort of Evening and James Baldwin’s Giovanni's Room. She writes novels using the name ‘Amil’, meaning ‘The Dense Self’. When translating, she uses her name, Jihyun Kim.

source : https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178730485X?tag=prhmarketing2552-21