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An office worker who has no one to eat lunch with enrolls in a
course that builds confidence about eating alone. A man with a
pathological fear of bedbugs offers up his body to save his
building from infestation. A time capsule in Seoul is dug up
hundreds of years before it was intended to be unearthed. A vending
machine repairman finds himself trapped in a shrinking motel during
a never-ending snowstorm. In these and other indelible short
stories, contemporary South Korean author Yun Ko-eun conjures up
slightly off-kilter worlds tucked away in the corners of everyday
life. Her fiction is bursting with images that toe the line between
realism and the fantastic. Throughout Table for One, comedy and an
element of the surreal are interwoven with the hopelessness and
loneliness that pervades the protagonists’ decidedly mundane
lives. Yun’s stories focus on solitary city dwellers, and her
eccentric, often dreamlike humor highlights their sense of
isolation. Mixing quirky and melancholy commentary on densely
packed urban life, she calls attention to the toll of rapid
industrialization and the displacement of traditional culture.
Acquainting the English-speaking audience with one of South
Korea’s breakout young writers, Table for One presents a parade
of misfortunes that speak to all readers in their unconventional
universality.
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Rainbow Knife
(Hardcover)
Sally Bennett Boyington
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R704
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Knock Out
(Paperback)
Smartypants Romance, Jiffy Kate
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'In a way, I'm a bit of a love detective. Because what's a greater
mystery than love?' Meet Ruby Miller. A writer who makes
happy-ever-afters happen. Until she discovers her fiance is a lying
cheat and loses her faith in love. So when her sister invites her
on a beach holiday to Goa to forget about him, Ruby jumps on a
plane . . . and into an extraordinary adventure. Stolen bags, a
runaway sister and a handsome American stranger sweep Ruby into a
magical mystery tour across India. Amid fortresses and fortune
tellers, and a whirlwind of weddings, she uncovers fascinating
stories of love, lost and found. But as the mysteries deepen,
secrets are revealed that turn Ruby's life upside down. And what
started as a journey to find her sister, becomes a journey to find
herself - and love - again.
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