The impossible fairy tale
Subtitle: a novel
By: Han Yujoo ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong
Contributors: Hong, Janet
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781555977665
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Bullying in schools; Girls; Fiction
Description: The Impossible Fairy Tale is the story of two unexceptional grade-school girls. Mia is "lucky"she is spoiled by her mother and, as she explains, her two fathers. She gloats over her exotic imported color pencils and won't be denied a coveted sweater. Then there is the Child who, by contrast, is neither lucky nor unlucky. She makes so little impression that she seems not even to merit a name. At school, their fellow students, whether lucky or luckless or unlucky, seem consumed by an almost murderous rage. Adults are nearly invisible, and the society the children create on their own is marked by cruelty and soul-crushing hierarchies. Then, one day, the Child sneaks into the classroom after hours and adds ominous sentences to her classmates' notebooks. This sinister but initially inconsequential act unlocks a series of events that end in horrible violence. -- amazon.com