Shin Ery - Spring On The Peninsula A Novel - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A desultory libertine mourns a failed relationship over the course of two harsh winters in this unprecedented portrait of millennials living in Seoul. The time is roughly now and Kai a white - collar worker has just been abandoned by his long - time lover. Follow him through the city's alleyways as he reels from this sudden departure. Accompany him up snowy mountains where he contemplates ending his own life. That mourning can be both a sensuous and revelatory art is epitomised in the paths that Kai crosses and the lives he alters for better or worse. Kai is not the only one feeling disoriented and aimless these days. Those in his inner circle similarly experience personal crises as they go through their thirties in a nation simmering with class and generational tensions as well as the spectre of new and old wars. Doing for Seoul what Kathy Acker does for New York City and Virginie Despentes for Paris Ery Shin evokes contemporary Seoul in all of its glory and turmoil. Phantasmagorical melancholic and daringly irreverent Spring on the Peninsula is a poignant debut novel and a meditation on modern life in a city beset by North Korea's shadow.
Title: Spring On The Peninsula A Novel
Author(s): Shin Ery
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Barcode: 9781662602221
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Category: Fiction: Special Features