| A Contrived World Contributor(s): Young-Moon, Jung (Author), Karvonen, Jeffrey (Translator), Mah, Eunji (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564789551 ISBN-13: 9781564789556 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015040708 |
| Series: Korean Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 163 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set in San Francisco, A Most Contrived World recounts the author's visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experience, the narrator's imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti-novel, the ambiguous fusion of observation and invention disrupts the conventions of personal memoir and travel writing, resulting in a chronicle that sets fiction against experience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Young-Moon, Jung: - Novelist, short-story writer, translator, playwright, and teacher, Jung Young-Moon was born in Hamyang, South Korea, in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary debut in 1996 when his novel A Man Who Barely Exists. He has also translated more than forty English books into Korean. |
