Born in , Hwang Jungeun is one of the bright young things of Korean literature, having published two collections of short stories and three novels to date. One Hundred Shadows (), her first novel, was both a critical and commercial success; its mix of oblique fantasy, hard-edge social critique, and offbeat romance garnered the Hankook. One Hundred Shadows. By Hwang Jungeun / Tr. By jung Yewon. ‘There is an unforgettable, curious beauty to be found here.’. — Han Kang, Winner of the Man Booker International Prize. An oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, One Hundred Shadows is set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul – an area earmarked for demolition in a city better known for its shiny skyscrapers and . · One Hundred Shadows is, at its heart, the story of two young people, Eungyo and Mujae, who have dropped out of school in favor of working in the heart of Seoul’s slum. They both work in an old, hodgepodge electronics market that is beginning to disappear one building at a time, a casualty in the path of www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.
Hwang Jungeun Jung Yewon Is a well-known author, some of his books are a fascination for readers like in the One Hundred Shadows book, this is one of the most wanted Hwang Jungeun Jung Yewon author readers around the world. Author's Profile. Hwang Jungeun debuted in with "Mother," which won the Kyunghyang Shinmun New Writer's Award. She has authored the novels One Hundred Shadows, Savage Alice, and I'll Go On, the short story collections Into the World of Passi, The Seven Thirty- Two Elephant Train, and Being www.doorway.ru year, she published the serial novel Didi's Umbrella. One Hundred Shadows. ( ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. English. By (author) Hwang Jungeun, Translated by Yewon Jung. Share. An oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, One Hundred Shadows is set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul an area earmarked for demolition in a city better known for its shiny skyscrapers.
Title: One Hundred Shadows Author: Hwang Jungeun Year Published: Genre: Magical Realism Country: South Korea Rating: 3 / 5 Summary Amongst the employees of a slum electronics district in Seoul, something strange is happening to their shadows. One Hundred Shadows. By Hwang Jungeun / Tr. By jung Yewon. ‘There is an unforgettable, curious beauty to be found here.’. — Han Kang, Winner of the Man Booker International Prize. An oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, One Hundred Shadows is set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul – an area earmarked for demolition in a city better known for its shiny skyscrapers and slick pop videos. Quotes by Hwang Jungeun. “This is a world in which those living on the edges of society, at the very bottom of the social scale, are being brought to the limits of what they can endure. When they reach this point, their shadows rise up, startling sudden, and start calling them away from their lives. It is a world in which, however they choose to deal with these shadows,which seem to offer death an invitation, they find themselves only just barely able to go on with the business of living.”.
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