Another Mans City A Novel
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Another Mans City A Novel by Inho Choi
"Another Man's City "is structured as a virtual-reality narrative manipulated by an entity referred to variously as the Invisible Hand or Big Brother. The scenario is reminiscent of Peter Weir's 1998 film "The Truman Show" and Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "The Unconsoled." The novel begins with a series of seemingly minor juxtapositions of the familiar and the strange, as a result of which the protagonist, K, gradually finds himself inside a Matrix-like reality populated with shape-shifting characters.
This novel is a symbolic protest against the arrogantly mundane approach of the strain of realism that, cloaked in the guise of humanism, has dominated modern Korean fictionChoi challenges us to consider new possibilities for literature in an age when the divine is largely absent from literary art. -- Professor Kwon Youngmin Munhak sasang This lightly Kafkaesque fable from a South Korean writer presents a man who suddenly finds his world not quite right in increasingly strange ways... There is a lot of charm to [Ch'oe's] anxious novel, as if Thurber and Orwell had gotten together for a skull session. Kirkus Review An intriguing examination of contemporary life and identity -- the roles we play and the ones forced on us -- that allows for myriad interpretations. Complete Review
Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton are the translators of numerous volumes of contemporary Korean fiction, including Trees on a Slope by Hwang Sun-wōn and The Dwarf by Cho Se-hui, both published by University of Hawai'i Press. Bruce Fulton is the inaugural holder of the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation in the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia. Ju-Chan Fulton is, with Bruce Fulton, the cotranslator of The Dwarf by Cho Se-hui and Trees on a Slope by Hwang Sun-won.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781628971019 |
| ISBN 10 | 1628971010 |
| Title | Another Mans City A Novel |
| Author | Inho Choi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Year published | 2014-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 190 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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