North station
By: Bae Suah ; translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith
Contributors: Smith, Deborah, 1987- translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: Korean literature series
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781940953656
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Translations into English
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "A writer struggles to come to terms with the death of her beloved mentor; the staging of an experimental play goes awry; time freezes for two lovers on a platform, waiting for the train that will take one of them away; a woman living in a foreign country discovers she has been issued the wrong ID. Emotionally haunting and intellectually stimulating, the seven stories in North Station represent the range and power of Bae Suah's distinctive voice and style, which delights in digressions, multiple storylines, and sudden ruptures of societal norms. Heavily influenced by the German authors she's read and translated, Bae's stories combine elements of Korean and European storytelling in a way that's unforgettable and mesmerizing"--
Notes: Translation from the Korean of : Olppaemi ŭi ŏpsŭm (2010).
Table of contents: title: First Snow, First Sight --; title: Owl --; title: North Station --; title: The Non-Being of the Owl --; title: Mouson --; title: Dignified Kiss of Paris Streets --; title: How Can One Day Be Different from the Rest?