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One Hundred Shadows

by Hwang Jungeun
Jung Yewon
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
Han Kang's Human Acts meets Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police in this understated South Korean novella in translation: a restrained yet emotional magical realist examination of futility in a capitalist society written in response to the 2009 Yongsan Disaster.
With an introduction from Han Kang, International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian and recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature!
In a Seoul slum marked for demolition, residents' shadows have begun to rise. No one knows how or why–but, they warn each other, do not follow your shadow if it wanders away.
As the landscape of their lives is torn apart, building by building, electronics-repair-shop employees Eungyo and Mujae can only watch as their community begins to fade. Their growing connection with one another provides solace, but against an uncaring ruling class and the inevitability of the rising shadows, their relationship may not be enough.
Winner of the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award and the Korean Bookseller's Award, One Hundred Shadows is a tender working-class perspective with subtle and affecting social commentary. This edition features an introduction by Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian, Han Kang, a historical note about the Yongsan tragedy that inspired One Hundred Shadows, and an exclusive interview with the
"Affecting. ... It's rare for a story to be so dense in social meaning yet so lightly composed."—The Nation

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    August 20, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9798892738743
      • File size: 87817 KB
      • Duration: 03:02:56

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 24, 2024
      Intertwining harsh economic realities with spooky supernatural hauntings, Jungeun’s sweet, magical realist debut follows Eungyo and Mujae, workers at two different shops in the same rundown shopping area. The pair struggle to keep control of their lives as, without explanation, people’s shadows start trying to rise up and run away and notices of demolitions and shop closures plague their places of business. In the face of these threats, Eungyo and Mujae take comfort in each other, bonding through nighttime adventures in badminton and the search for good clam soup. Jungeun smartly skewers gentrification through Eungyo’s sly naivete (“I wonder if they call this kind of place a slum because if you called it someone’s home or their livelihood that would make things awkward when it comes to tearing it down”). Even as the clam soup soothes, readers will also take heart from the central couple’s fearless walks after dark, hand in hand, singing. This offers much to chew on. Agent: Chiara Tognetti, Chiara Tognetti Rights.

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