Bluebeard's First Wife
Will be published approx. on 25. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-948830-17-1 (ISBN)
Description
•BUILDING ON SUCCESS: The follow-up to FLOWERS OF MOLD, which has been well received by fans and critics (coverage in AV Club, Hyperallergic, starred reviews in PW and Booklist).
•FOR FANS OF HAN KANG: Part of the same general group of young female Korean writers who have been blowing up in English over the past few years, such as Han Kang, Bae Suah, and Han Yujoo.
•GENRE-BENDING: Straddles the line between horror and the more literary, and will appeal to both groups of readers.
•EXCERPT FRIENDLY: Stories from this collection have appeared in Literary Hub, Asymptote and elsewhere, and we'll continue to place them.
•FOR FANS OF HAN KANG: Part of the same general group of young female Korean writers who have been blowing up in English over the past few years, such as Han Kang, Bae Suah, and Han Yujoo.
•GENRE-BENDING: Straddles the line between horror and the more literary, and will appeal to both groups of readers.
•EXCERPT FRIENDLY: Stories from this collection have appeared in Literary Hub, Asymptote and elsewhere, and we'll continue to place them.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, NY
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
325 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-948830-17-1 (9781948830171)
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Persons
Ha Seong-nan is the author of five short story collections-including Bluebeard's First Wife and Flowers of Mold-and three novels. Over her career, she's received a number of prestigious awards, such as the Dong-in Literary Award in 1999, Hankook Ilbo Literary Prize in 2000, the Isu Literature Prize in 2004, the Oh Yeong-su Literary Award in 2008, and the Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award in 2009.
Janet Hong is a writer and translator based in Vancouver, Canada. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Asia Literary Review, Words Without Borders, and the Korea Times. Her other translations include Han Yujoo's The Impossible Fairy Tale and Ancco's Bad Friends.
Janet Hong is a writer and translator based in Vancouver, Canada. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Asia Literary Review, Words Without Borders, and the Korea Times. Her other translations include Han Yujoo's The Impossible Fairy Tale and Ancco's Bad Friends.