A Contrived World (Korean Literature) (Paperback)

A Contrived World (Korean Literature) By Jung Young-Moon, Jeffrey Karvonen (Translator), Eunji Mah (Translator) Cover Image
By Jung Young-Moon, Jeffrey Karvonen (Translator), Eunji Mah (Translator)
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Description


Set in San Francisco, A Most Contrived World recounts the author's visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experience, the narrator's imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti-novel, the ambiguous fusion of observation and invention disrupts the conventions of personal memoir and travel writing, resulting in a chronicle that sets fiction against experience.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781564789556
ISBN-10: 1564789551
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication Date: June 24th, 2016
Pages: 163
Language: English
Series: Korean Literature