A greater music / Suah Bae ; translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pae, Su-a, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Smith, Deborah, 1987- translator.

Standardized Title:

Eseisŭt'ŭ ŭi ch'aeksang. English

Language:

English

Korean

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--Germany--Berlin--Fiction.

Lesbians.

Koreans--Germany--Berlin--Fiction.

Koreans.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Germany--Berlin.

Genre:

Fiction.

Love stories.

Romance fiction.

Physical Description:

128 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2016.

Summary:

"Near the beginning of A Greater Music, the narrator, a young Korean writer, falls into an icy river in the Berlin suburbs, where she's been housesitting for her on-off boyfriend Joachim. This sets into motion a series of memories that move between the hazily defined present and the period three years ago when she first lived in Berlin. Throughout, the narrator's relationship with Joachim, a rough-and-ready metalworker, is contrasted with her friendship with M, an ultra-refined music-loving German teacher, whom, it is suggested, later became her lesbian lover. A novel of memories and wandering, A Greater Music blends riffs on music, language, and literature with a gut-punch of an emotional ending, establishing Bae Suah as one of the most exciting novelists working today."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Pae, Su-a, 1965- Greater music

ISBN:

9781940953465

1940953464

OCLC:

944464028