
Rina
by Young-Sook Kang
Title:
Rina
Author:
Young-Sook Kang
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
350 pages
Publisher:
Open Letter Books
ISBN-13:
9781960385086
EAN:
9781960385086
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
478
Dimensions (mm):
216 x 141 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Rina is a defector from a country that might be North Korea, traversing an ''empty and futile'' landscape. Along the way, she is forced to work at a chemical plant, murders a few people, becomes a prostitute, runs a lucrative bar, and finds a solace in a motley family of wanderers all as disenfranchised as she. Brutal and unflinching, with elements of the mythic and grotesque interspersed with hard-edged realism, Rina is a pioneering work of Korean postmodernism.










