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Saha : a novel / Cho Nam-Joo ; translated by Jamie Chang.
Van Pelt Library PL994.17.N36 S2413 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cho, Nam-ju, 1978- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Saha maensyŏn. English
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Marginality, Social--Korea (South)--Fiction.
- Marginality, Social.
- Apartment houses--Fiction.
- Apartment houses.
- Government, Resistance to--Fiction.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Social stratification--Fiction.
- Social stratification.
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Korea (South)--Fiction.
- Korea (South).
- Murder--Investigation.
- Genre:
- Dystopian fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Science fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023
- Summary:
- "In her signature sharp prose, brilliantly translated by Jamie Chang, Nam-Joo returns with this haunting account of a neglected housing complex in the shadows of Town: a former fishing village bought out by a massive conglomerate. Town is prosperous and safe-but only if you're a citizen with "valuable skills and assets," which the residents of Saha Estates are not. Disenfranchised and tightlipped, the Saha are forced into harsh labor, squatting in moldy units without electricity. Braiding the disparate experiences of the Saha residents-from the reluctant midwife to the unknowing test subject to the separated siblings-into a powerful Orwellian parable, Nam-Joo has crafted a heartbreaking tale of what happens when we finally unmask our oppressors"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781324090885
- 132409088X
- OCLC:
- 1347751059
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