Kang Young-sook – At Night He Lifts Weights

Kang Young-sook At Night He Lifts Weights. Informatie, boekbespreking en recensie van de dystopische verhalenbundel van de Koreaanse schrijfster Kang Young-sook. Hier lees je veel informatie over de uitgave, schrijfster en inhoud van het boek. Daarnaast is er aandacht voor de boekbesprekingen en recensie van At Night He Lifts Weights, het boek van de Zuid-Koreaanse schrijfster Kang Young-sook.

Kang Young-sook At Night He Lifts Weights

Kang Young-sook, 강영숙, is geboren op 10 november 1967 in de Zuid-Koreaanse stad Chuncheon. Ze studeerde creatief schrijven aan de Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Haar eerste verhalenbundel verscheen in 2002 waarna er verschillende bundels met verhalen verschenen. De eerste roman Rina verscheen in 2015 in Engelse vertaling en zal in 2024 opnieuw uitgegeven worden. Over de verhalenbundel 아령 하는 밤 (At Night He Lifts Weight) lees je op deze pagina uitgebreide informatie. Er is nog geen werk van de Koreaanse schrijfster Kang Young-sook in Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar.

Recensie en waardering van At Night He Lifts Weight

  • “This powerful collection strikingly depicts alienation, catastrophic loss, and disaster in ravaged landscapes….Young-sook’s perceptive stories provide an unwavering and honest gaze at human nature.” (Publishers Weekly)
  • “Much as the title of this collection evokes a kind of physical exertion, so too do the stories within hum with a visceral quality. Sometimes, that quality works to turn the bizarre into something familiar; at others, it magnifies the extraordinary and often disconcerting experiences of these stories’ protagonists.” ( Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders)

Kang Young-sook At Night He Lifts Weights

At Night He Lifts Weights

  • Auteur: Kang Young-sook (Zuid-Korea)
  • Soort boek: dystopische verhalen
  • Origineel: 아령 하는 밤 (2011)
  • Engelse vertaling: Janet Hong
  • Uitgever: Transit Books
  • Verschijnt: 14 november 2023
  • Omvang: 225 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: € 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de verhalenbundel van Kang Young-sook

A disquieting vision of ecological dystopia in a collection by a major Korean writer.

An artist is plagued by desire for her mysterious double as disease spreads through an uncanny suburban landscape. An elderly woman suspects the old man who lifts weights in her neighborhood playground of being responsible for a spate of murders. While elsewhere, a woman who believes she’s been exposed to radioactive radiation inherits a warehouse where those fleeing the city can store their possessions.

Beneath the calm surface of the stories collected here, Kang Young-sook offers a disquieting vision of a society grappling with ecological catastrophe and unplaceable forms of loss.

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