| The Library of Musical Instruments Contributor(s): Jung-Hyuk, Kim (Author), Soyoung, Kim (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1628971517 ISBN-13: 9781628971514 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016030333 |
| Series: Korean Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second short-story collection by Kim Jung-hyuk, the author of Penguin News, features a total of eight short stories, including "Syncopation D" which won the 2nd Kim You-jeong Literary Award in 2008. They represent the many sounds sampled by the author when he recorded over 600 kinds of musical instruments. Like instruments coming together in a symphony, the stories combine to make an opus consisting of variations on a theme. While the stories begin in an upbeat fashion and work to a crescendo, they end with notes in a minor key filling the vacuum. The Library of Musical Instruments is a collection to contemplate on more than one occasion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jung-Hyuk, Kim: - Born in 1971 in Kimcheon, a southeastern city of South Korea, Kim Jung-hyuk graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Keimyung University. He debuted as a writer in 2000 when his novelette Penguin News was published in the Literature and Society magazine.Soyoung, Kim: - Kim Soyoung is a professional translator with over a decade of experience and a master s degree in translation and consecutive interpretation. She is currently focused on translating Korean books (fiction or nonfiction) into English. |
