DD's Umbrella - Couverture souple

Jungeun, Hwang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911284940 ISBN 13 : 9781911284949

Editeur : Tilted Axis Press, 2024

Synopsis

What was it they were battling? Their smallness, of course, their smallness.

d, a nonbinary gig worker living in Seoul, briefly escapes the grasp of isolation when they meet dd, only to be ensnared by grief when dd dies in a car accident. Meanwhile, the world around them reckons with the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that left more than 300 dead.

As formally inventive as it is evocative, dd’s Umbrella is composed of twin novellas. The first is told from the perspective of d, and the second from the perspective of a writer researching a book they may never write. Both figures dwell in society’s margins––queer, working-class, and part of nontraditional family structures.

As people across Korea come together to protest the government’s handling of the Sewol ferry disaster, and to impeach the right-wing president in office, the novel examines how progressive movements coexist with social exclusion, particularly of women and sexual minorities, invisibilised in service of the ‘greater cause’.

dd’s Umbrella is a meditative and off-centre novel about mourning and revolution.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hwang Jungeun is one of the bright young things of Korean literature, having published three collections of short stories and four novels to date. One Hundred Shadows (2010), her first novel, was both a critical and commercial success; its mix of oblique fantasy, hard-edge social critique, and offbeat romance garnered the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award and the Korean Booksellers’ Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tilted Axis Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911284940
• ISBN 13: 9781911284949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible