A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories (Library of Korean Literature Book 5)

Considered an eccentric in the traditional Korean literary world, Jung Young-moon s short stories have nonetheless won numerous readers both in Korea & abroad, most often drawing comparisons to Kafka. Adopting strange, warped, unstable characters & drawing heavily on the literature of the absurd, Jung's stories nonetheless do not wallow in darkness, despair, or negativity. Instead, we find a world in which the bizarre & terrifying are often put to comic use, even in direst of situations, & point toward a sort of redemption to be found precisely in the weirdest & most unsettling parts of life . . .°°° Novelist, short-story writer, translator, playwright, & teacher, Jung Young-moon was born in Hamyang, South Korea, in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary debut in 1996 when his novel A Man Who Barely Exists. He has also translated more than forty English books into Korean. Yewon Jung, a reader first & translator second, loves to fall in love with books & translate the books she loves. Her works include No One Writes Back (Dalkey Archive Press), One Hundred Shadows (Tilted Axis Press), & Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River (Deep Vellum Publishing). She is the winner of the 2017 LTI Korea Translation Award & the 2011 Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Award. She lives on a small island in Korea & enjoys taking long walks along the beach. Considered an eccentric in the traditional Korean literary world, Jung Young-moon's short stories have nonetheless won numerous readers both in Korea and abroad, most often drawing comparisons to Kafka. Adopting strange, warped, unstable characters and drawing heavily on the literature of the absurd, Jung's stories nonetheless do not wallow in darkness, despair, or negativity. Instead, we find a world in which the bizarre and terrifying are often put to comic use, even in direst of situations, and point toward a sort of redemption to be found precisely in the "weirdest" and most unsettling parts of life . . . Considered an eccentric in the traditional Korean literary world, Jung Young-moon s short stories have nonetheless won numerous readers both in Korea and abroad, most often drawing comparisons to Kafka. Adopting strange, warped, unstable characters and drawing heavily on the literature of the absurd, Jung's stories nonetheless do not wallow in darkness, despair, or negativity. Instead, we find a world in which the bizarre and terrifying are often put to comic use, even in direst of situations, and point toward a sort of redemption to be found precisely in the weirdest and most unsettling parts of life . . . Machine Generated Contents Note: Mrs. Brown -- Joy Of Traveling -- Afternoon Of A Faun -- Way Of Remembrance -- Together With A Chicken -- At The Amusement Park -- Animal Songs Of Boredom And Fury, Part One: The Sound Of The Alarm In The Water -- Animal Songs Of Boredom And Fury, Part Two: The Cave Dweller -- Animal Songs Of Boredom And Fury, Part Three: The Forest Of Owls -- End -- Volume Without Weight -- Drifting -- Losing The Olfactory Sense. Jung Young Moon ; Translated By Jung Yewon, Inrae You Vinciguerra, Louis Vinciguerra, And The Author. Considered an eccentric in the traditional Korean literary world and often compared to Kafka, Jung Young-moon's short stories have nonetheless won numerous readers both in Korea and abroad.