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Winter in Sokcho.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shua Dusapin, Elisa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cartoonists.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Receptionists.
- Winter.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : Open Letter, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from the French.
- Summary:
- It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North's watchtowers. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. The two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an "authentic" Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls, and cross into North Korea. But he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows--the gaudy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother works. As she's pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings, she strikes upon a way to finally be seen.
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781948830997
- 194883099X
- OCLC:
- 1505734799
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