{"product_id":"the-cabinet-isbn-9780857669179","title":"The Cabinet","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Munhakdongne Novel Award, South Korea's most prestigious literary prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCabinet 13 looks exactly like any normal filing cabinet…Except this cabinet is filled with files on the ‘symptomers’, humans whose strange abilities and bizarre experiences might just mark the emergence of a new species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut to Mr Kong, the harried office worker whose job it is to look after the cabinet, the symptomers are a headache; especially the one who won’t stop calling every day, asking to be turned into a cat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richly funny and fantastical novel about the strangeness at the heart of even the most everyday lives, from one of South Korea's most acclaimed novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Sean Lin Halbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFile Under\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFiction\u003c\/b\u003e [ 12,000 Cans of Beer | Memory Mosaicers | Will Execution Inc. | Monkey of All Bombs ]\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eThe Cabinet\u003ci\u003e is a sly, whimsical satire of life in late-stage capitalism, slippery and surreal... a kind of echoing chamber in which the comic, heartbreaking and terrifying bounce against, amplify and distort one another.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmar El-Mohtar \u003ci\u003e, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] brilliant mosaic novel...These stories straddle the lines between science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, and acute reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Publishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eStarred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deftly translated by award-winning Halbert, Kim’s latest import...again showcases his sly, surreal, dark humor about all the ways humans are, well, not particularly human.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e– Booklist \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What begins as a rather whimsical set of stories turns into a much darker novel, raising issues of difference and acceptance, what people must do to survive, and what is truly monstrous.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e– the Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Surprising and enchanting\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e – \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Un-su Kim is a tremendous writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e Scott Smith, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Simple Plan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This charming and fantastical book is sure to introduce Kim to a whole new legion of weird fiction fans, ideal for readers of Han Kang’s \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e and the works of Haruki Murakami.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e – Chicago Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e is an anti-capitalist narrative at its core, one that makes explicit the arbitrariness of capitalist expectations and assumptions. Kim deftly juggles both macro-level and micro-level ideas about social roles, purpose, and personal narrative. More of a thought experiment than a thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e is a lighthearted, amusing read that nonetheless dives into some deep philosophical topics.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eUn-Su Kim made his debut as a writer in 2002 through the Jinju News Fall Literary Contest with short stories, Easy Breezy Writing Class and Dan Valjean Street and the 2003 DongA Ilbo Spring Literary Contest with his mid-length novel Farewell, Friday. His first full-length novel \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e received the 12th Munhakdongne Novel Award.","brand":"Angry Robot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300454912229,"sku":"NP9780857669179","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780857669179.jpg?v=1767738582","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-cabinet-isbn-9780857669179","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}