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Surrender, Earthlings scrap

지구 생물체는 항복하라

  • ISBN

    9791168341630

  • Author

    Bora Chung정보라

  • Publisher

    Rabbithole래빗홀

  • Year Published

    2024

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 소설

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  • Posted by Greenbook Agency on 2024-08-29
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Description 작품 소개

From the acclaimed author of the Booker International Finalist, Cursed Bunny, an autobiographical, stranger-than-fiction, and most
of all, unbelievably heart-warming novel in stories set in the coastal city of Pohang.


“Is there any other novel that is so ghastly with such a straight face? The story progresses calmly and humorously, but the reality depicted in it leaves us unable to laugh ... There is no way not to surrender to the skills of this outstanding storyteller.” — Hwang In-chan, poet

The protagonist, I, and a union rep were taken by men in black suits during the lecturers’ protest. It was only because the union rep ate an octopus that it turned out in the protest site out of blue. After the repeated interrogation, we find out that the octopus was actually an extraterrestrial life and that the men in black are agents from the Maritime Intelligence Agency. After being released, I get married to the rep and move to Pohang, a southeast coastal city. I think all this craziness is over until I encounter a king crab in the seafood market, talking to me in Russian, 'help me....' The protagonist meets these aliens one by one that are disguised as a shark, a sunfish, a jellyfish and a whale. While going through the unexpected, absurd adventures, she also has to deal with difficulties of living and the world's crises: taking care of her sick husband and her elderly mother-in-law; fighting for lecturers' rights; raising voices against the imperialistic threats. In spite of all the ordeals in the story and in the real world, however, the novel shows that what is needed to confront all these problems is none other than love.

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정보라

Bora Chung정보라

Bora Chung is a writer of science fiction and generally unrealistic stories. She has an MA in Russian and East European area studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literatures from Indiana University. She teaches Russian language and literature and science fiction studies at Yonsei University and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean. Her translations include The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Seven Churches by Miloš Urban, and The Marriage by Witold Gombrowicz. She has published three novels and three short story collections. Cursed Bunny, her first book to appear in English translation, is forthcoming from Honford Star in 2021.

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