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An explosive, devastating debut poetry book from the winner of the
Dylan Thomas Prize
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem is an urgent, unsettling reckoning
with identity - and the violence of identity. For Le, a Vietnamese
refugee in the West, this means the assumed violence of racism,
oppression and historical trauma.
But it also means the violence of that assumption. Of being always
assumed to be outside one's home, country, culture or language. And the
complex violence - for the diasporic writer who wants to address any of
this - of language itself.
Making use of multiple tones, moods, masks and camouflages, Le's poetic
debut moves with unpredictable and destabilizing energy between the
personal and political. As self-indicting as it is scathing, hilarious
as it is desperately moving, this is a singular, breakthrough book.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Eight women.
Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is
filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic
violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at
work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated,
and loved, and then hated again. Written in Cho Nam-Joo’s
masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the
lives of eight Korean women, aged 10 to 80. Contained in each of
these biographies is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the
challenges and injustices that women face from childhood to old
age. As with Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, the fates of these eight women
are the fates of women the world over. And under Cho Nam-Joo’s
precise, unveiled gaze, nothing and nobody escapes scrutiny--not
even herself.
From the author of international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born
1982 ''Cho’s complex, humane, and by its end utterly transfixing
novel shows that it is in community that we find
resilience.' i newspaper 'Like Bong Joon-ho's Academy
Award-winning film Parasite and the popular Netflix series
Squid Games, Saha points to the increasing inequality and lack of
social mobility in South Korea. ... With global inequality on the
rise, Saha’s theme of human dignity quashed by the interests of
mega-corporations resonates widely.' Guardian '[A]n affecting
portrait of people doing their best to survive in a world that
would rather pretend they didn’t exist.' New York Times In a
country called ‘Town’, Su is found dead in an abandoned car.
The suspected killer is presumed to come from the Saha Estates.
Town is a privatised country, controlled by a secretive
organisation known as the Seven Premiers. It is a society clearly
divided into the haves and have-nots and those who have the very
least live on the Saha Estates. Among their number is Jin-Kyung, a
young woman whose brother, Dok-yung, was in a relationship with Su
and quickly becomes the police’s prime suspect. When Dok-yung
disappears, Jin Ky-ung is determined to get to the bottom of
things. On her quest to find the truth, though, she will uncover a
reality far darker and crimes far greater than she could ever have
imagined. At once a dystopian mystery and devastating
critique of how we live now, Saha lifts the lid on corruption,
exploitation and government oppression, while, with deep humanity
and compassion, showing us the lives of those who, through no fault
of their own, suffer at the hand of brutal forces far beyond their
control. Praise for Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 'It
describes experiences that will be recognisable everywhere. It’s
slim, unadorned narrative distils a lifetime’s iniquities into a
sharp punch.’ The Sunday Times
‘A ground-breaking work of feminist
fiction’ Stylist ‘Along with other socially
critical narratives to come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho’s
Oscar-winning film Parasite, her story could change the
bigger one.’ The Guardian 'This witty, disturbing
book deals with sexism, mental health issues and the hypocrisy of a
country where young women are “popping caffeine pills and turning
jaundiced” as they slave away in factories helping to fund higher
education for male siblings.' The Independent
'Enthralling and enraging.' Sunday Express
‘Cho’s moving, witty and
powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in which
one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any other.
There’s a logic to Kim Jiyoung’s shape-shifting: she could be
anybody.’ Daily Telegraph
THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY SELLING SOUTH KOREAN SENSATION THAT HAS GOT
THE WHOLE WORLD TALKING 'A ground-breaking work of feminist
fiction.' Stylist Who is Kim Jiyoung? Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to
a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made
to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung
is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is
a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at
night. Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn't get put forward
for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets
overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her
career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Jiyoung has
started acting strangely. Kim Jiyoung is depressed. Kim Jiyoung is
mad. Kim Jiyoung is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung is every woman. Kim
Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the life story of one young woman born at the
end of the twentieth century and raises questions about endemic
misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all.
Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important
book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang's The
Vegetarian. Praise for Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 'It describes
experiences that will be recognisable everywhere. It's slim,
unadorned narrative distils a lifetime's iniquities into a sharp
punch.' The Sunday Times 'A ground-breaking work of feminist
fiction' Stylist 'Along with other socially critical narratives to
come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film
Parasite, her story could change the bigger one.' TheGuardian 'This
witty, disturbing book deals with sexism, mental health issues and
the hypocrisy of a country where young women are "popping caffeine
pills and turning jaundiced" as they slave away in factories
helping to fund higher education for male siblings.' The
Independent 'Enthralling and enraging.' Sunday Express 'Cho's
moving, witty and powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in
which one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any
other. There's a logic to Kim Jiyoung's shape-shifting: she could
be anybody.' Daily Telegraph
From the author of international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
''Cho's complex, humane, and by its end utterly transfixing novel
shows that it is in community that we find resilience.' i newspaper
'Like Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award-winning film Parasite and the
popular Netflix series Squid Games, Saha points to the increasing
inequality and lack of social mobility in South Korea. ... With
global inequality on the rise, Saha's theme of human dignity
quashed by the interests of mega-corporations resonates widely.'
Daily Telegraph '[A]n affecting portrait of people doing their best
to survive in a world that would rather pretend they didn't exist.'
New York Times In a country called 'Town', Su is found dead in an
abandoned car. The suspected killer is presumed to come from the
Saha Estates. Town is a privatised country, controlled by a
secretive organisation known as the Seven Premiers. It is a society
clearly divided into the haves and have-nots and those who have the
very least live on the Saha Estates. Among their number is
Jin-Kyung, a young woman whose brother, Dok-yung, was in a
relationship with Su and quickly becomes the police's prime
suspect. When Dok-yung disappears, Jin Ky-ung is determined to get
to the bottom of things. On her quest to find the truth, though,
she will uncover a reality far darker and crimes far greater than
she could ever have imagined. At once a dystopian mystery and
devastating critique of how we live now, Saha lifts the lid on
corruption, exploitation and government oppression, while, with
deep humanity and compassion, showing us the lives of those who,
through no fault of their own, suffer at the hand of brutal forces
far beyond their control. Praise for Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 'It
describes experiences that will be recognisable everywhere. It's
slim, unadorned narrative distils a lifetime's iniquities into a
sharp punch.' The Sunday Times 'A ground-breaking work of feminist
fiction' Stylist 'Along with other socially critical narratives to
come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film
Parasite, her story could change the bigger one.' The Guardian
'This witty, disturbing book deals with sexism, mental health
issues and the hypocrisy of a country where young women are
"popping caffeine pills and turning jaundiced" as they slave away
in factories helping to fund higher education for male siblings.'
The Independent 'Enthralling and enraging.' Sunday Express 'Cho's
moving, witty and powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in
which one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any
other. There's a logic to Kim Jiyoung's shape-shifting: she could
be anybody.' Daily Telegraph
Since 1991, the group of ring theorists from China and Japan,
joined by Korea from 1995 onwards, took turns to hold the
quadrennial international conferences (sometimes also referred to
as symposiums). As the proceedings of the eighth conference held in
Nagoya, Japan in 2019, this volume consists of a collection of
articles by invited speakers (survey) and general speakers (survey
and original), all of which were refereed by world experts.The
survey articles show the trends of current research and offer
clear, thorough explanations that are ideal for researchers also in
other specialized areas of ring theory. The original articles
display new results, ideas and tools for research investigations in
ring theory.The articles cover major areas in ring theory, such as:
structures of rings, module theory, homological algebra, groups,
Hopf algebras, Lie theory, representation theory of rings,
(non-commutative) algebraic geometry, commutative rings
(structures, representations), amongst others.This volume is a
useful resource for researchers - both beginners and advanced
experts - in ring theory.
This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and
applications in the field of mining, geology and geo-spatial
technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at
the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and
Responsible Mining (ISRM), held in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 15-17
2020. The contributions cover a diverse range of topics, including
mining technology, drilling and blasting engineering, tunneling and
geotechnical applications, mineral processing, mine management and
economy, environmental risk assessment and management, mining and
local development, mined land rehabilitation, water management and
hydrogeology, regional Geology and tectonics, spatial engineering
for monitoring natural resources and environment change, GIS and
remote sensing for natural disaster monitoring, risk mapping and
revisualization, natural resources monitoring and management, mine
occupational safety and health. Selected by means of a rigorous
peer-review process, they will spur novel research directions and
foster future multidisciplinary collaborations.
The book presents the proceedings of four conferences: The 24th
International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision,
& Pattern Recognition (IPCV'20), The 6th International
Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Systems (HIMS'20), The
21st International Conference on Bioinformatics & Computational
Biology (BIOCOMP'20), and The 6th International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (BIOENG'20). The conferences
took place in Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 27-30, 2020, and are part of
the larger 2020 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'20), which features 20
major tracks. Authors include academics, researchers,
professionals, and students. Presents the proceedings of four
conferences as part of the 2020 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'20); Includes
the tracks on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern
Recognition, Health Informatics & Medical Systems,
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology & Biomedical Engineering;
Features papers from IPCV'20, HIMS'20, BIOCOMP'20, and BIOENG'20.
This book presents an introduction to viscoelasticity, in
particular, to the theories of dilute polymer solutions and dilute
suspensions of rigid particles in viscous and incompressible
fluids. These theories are important, not just because they apply
to practical problems of industrial interest, but because they form
a solid theoretical base upon which mathematical techniques can be
built, from which more complex theories can be constructed, to
better mimic material behaviour. The emphasis of this book is not
on the voluminous current topical research, but on the necessary
tools to understand viscoelasticity. This is a compact book for a
first year graduate course in viscoelasticity and modelling of
viscoelastic multiphase fluids. The Dissipative Particle Dynamics
(DPD) is introduced as a particle-based method, relevant in
modelling of complex-structured fluids. All the basic ideas in DPD
are reviewed. The third edition has been updated and expanded with
new results in the meso-scale modelling, links between the fluid
modelling to its physical parameters and new matlab programs
illustrating the modelling. Particle-based modelling techniques for
complex-structure fluids are added together with some sample
programs. A solution manual to the problems is included.
The manga adaptation of the beloved novel featuring all-new scenes
by Rainbow Rowell! “The graphic novelisation of Fangirl is a
beautiful, contemplative, and fun reading experience.” —Women
Write About Comics Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a
Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath’s
sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can’t let
go… Everything in Cath’s offline life is going wrong. Just when
she’s started to realise her feelings for Levi, she sees him
kissing someone else. Plus, her writing partner, Nick, is acting
strange, and her twin sister, Wren, is suddenly making time for
their mother—the same woman who walked out of their lives
ten years ago! When their dad ends up in the
hospital, Cath decides it’s time to rethink her plans
for the future. But how can she leave the past behind when it keeps
showing up at her door?
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