| I Hear Your Voice Contributor(s): Kim, Young-Ha (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544324471 ISBN-13: 9780544324473 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: 895.734 |
| LCCN: 2016055934 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.48 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From one of Korea's literary stars, a novel about two orphans from the streets of Seoul: one becomes the head of a powerful motorcycle gang, and the other follows him at all costs In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival. Jae is born in a bathroom stall at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal. And Dongyu is born mute--unable to communicate with anyone except Jae. Both boys grow up on the streets of Seoul among runaway teenagers, con men, prostitutes, religious fanatics, and thieves. After years navigating the streets, Jae becomes an icon for uprooted teenagers, bringing an urgent message to them and making his way to the top of the gang. Under his leadership, the group grows more aggressive and violent--and soon becomes the police's central target. A novel of friendship--worship and betrayal, love and loathing--and a searing portrait of what it means to come of age with nothing to call your own, I Hear Your Voice resonates with mythic power. Here is acclaimed author Young-ha Kim's most daring novel to date. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lee, Krys: - KRYS LEE is the author of the short story collection Drifting House and the forthcoming novel How I Became a North Korean. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize and the Story Prize Spotlight Award, the Honor Title in Adult Fiction Literature from the Asian/Pacific American Libraries Association, and a finalist for the BBC International Story Prize. Her fiction, journalism, and literary translations have appeared in Granta, the Kenyon Review, Narrative, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Guardian, among others. She teaches creative writing and literature at Yonsei University in South Korea.Kim, Young-Ha: - YOUNG-HA KIM is the author of seven novels--four published in the United States, including the acclaimed I Have the Right to Destroy Myself and the award-winning Black Flower--and five short-story collections. He has won every major Korean literature award, and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in Seoul, South Korea. |