Familiar things /
Hwang, Sog-yong,
Familiar things / Hwang Sok-yong ; translated by Sora Kim-Russell. - Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2017. - 216 pages ; 20 cm.
First published in Korean as Natikeun Sesang by Munhakdongne 2011, First published in English by Scribe 2017.
Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea's glittering metropolis is a place few people know about- a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Populated by those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father's internment in a 're-education camp' . As Bugeye and his mother settle in to living among the strange folk of Flower Island, they build themselves a shack and begin earning a living weeding recyclables out of the vast piles of refuse brought in daily from the city. But then Bugeye begins to notice mysterious lights around the landfill at night - and as spring comes to the garbage mountain, a danger that has lain dormant begins to surface. Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away.
Translated in English from Korean.
9781925322019
GBB734620 bnb
Korean fiction--Translations into English.
Korean fiction.
Friendship.
Korean fiction.
Urban poor.
Korean fiction--Translations into English.
Urban poor--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Seoul.
Seoul (Korea)--Fiction.
Fiction.
PL992.29.S6 / N38 2017
895.734
Familiar things / Hwang Sok-yong ; translated by Sora Kim-Russell. - Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2017. - 216 pages ; 20 cm.
First published in Korean as Natikeun Sesang by Munhakdongne 2011, First published in English by Scribe 2017.
Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea's glittering metropolis is a place few people know about- a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Populated by those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father's internment in a 're-education camp' . As Bugeye and his mother settle in to living among the strange folk of Flower Island, they build themselves a shack and begin earning a living weeding recyclables out of the vast piles of refuse brought in daily from the city. But then Bugeye begins to notice mysterious lights around the landfill at night - and as spring comes to the garbage mountain, a danger that has lain dormant begins to surface. Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away.
Translated in English from Korean.
9781925322019
GBB734620 bnb
Korean fiction--Translations into English.
Korean fiction.
Friendship.
Korean fiction.
Urban poor.
Korean fiction--Translations into English.
Urban poor--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Seoul.
Seoul (Korea)--Fiction.
Fiction.
PL992.29.S6 / N38 2017
895.734
