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" A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy—a masterpiece of modern fiction perfect for fans of One Hundred Years of SolitudeWhale is the English-language debut of a beloved and bestselling South Korean author, a born storyteller with a cinematic, darkly humorous, and thoroughly original perspective. ,br〉A woman sells her daughter to a passing beekeeper for two jars of honey. A baby weighing fifteen pounds is born in the depths of winter but named &ldquo,irl of Spring.&rdquo,A storm brings down the roof of a ramshackle restaurant to reveal a hidden fortune. These are just a few of the events that set Myeong-kwan Cheon&rsquo, beautifully crafted, wild world in motion. ,br〉 Whale , set in a remote village in South Korea, follows the lives of many linked characters, including Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean,her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants,and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humor, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions by one of the most original voices in international literature."
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Biographisches: " Myeong-kwan Cheon is a South Korean novelist and screenwriter. Upon publication of his first story, Frankand I (2003), he received the prestigious Munhakdongne New Writer Award. His debut novel, The Whale , published the following year, won him the 10th Munhakdongne Novel Award. His novels have been translated into Chinese, English, French, Thai, Russian, and Vietnamese. ,br〉 Chi-Young ,im is a literary translator and editor based in Los Angeles. A recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize for her work on Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin (2011), she has translated over a dozen books, including works by Ae-ran Kim, You-jeong Jeong, and ,oung-ha Kim, among others." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 30, 2023 Cheon ( Modern Family ) draws on Korean myths for a disturbing tale about three women in mid-20th-century South Korea. Chunhui was born in a stable and is the only child of Geumbok, who ignores and neglects her. (In Chunhui’s isolation, she befriends a retired circus elephant.) As a teen, she is falsely accused of arson, imprisoned, and tortured, and isn’t released until she’s 27. Cheon then backtracks to the story of a woman known as “the old crone,” who maimed her daughter then sold her for two jars of honey. The crone lives only for money and revenge, hiding a fortune in her hut which Geumbok finds years later during a storm. Throughout the meandering story, the image of a whale repeats: first as a harbinger of change for young Geumbok, and later as inspiration for Geumbok to build a movie theater. Geumbok’s ambition as a businessperson, though, eventually results in her murder at the hands of the Yakuza. (A mythical curse from the crone also seems to have played a part in Geumbok’s demise.) The unruly blend of myth and modernity doesn’t always work, and the blas233"
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