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Whale / Cheon Myeong-kwan ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim.

by Ch'ŏn, Myŏng-gwan, 1964-

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Archipelago Books, 2023.

Women -- Korea -- Fiction.

Korea -- Fiction.

9781953861146 (trade pbk.)

1st Archipelago Books ed.

364 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Translated from the Korean.

A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy -- Whale 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. 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 "Girl of Spring." 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's beautifully crafted, wild world in motion. 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.

Korean fiction -- Translations into English.

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