{"product_id":"one-hundred-shadows-isbn-9781645661443","title":"One Hundred Shadows","description":"\u003cb\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is an unforgettable, curious beauty to be found here.” —Han Kang, Winner of the Man Booker International Prize for\u003ci\u003e The Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHan Kang’s \u003ci\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/i\u003e meets Yōko Ogawa’s \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e in this understated South Korean novella in translation: a restrained yet emotional magical realist examination of futility in a capitalist society written in response to the 2009 Yongsan Disaster.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a Seoul slum marked for demolition, residents’ shadows have begun to rise. No one knows how or why–but, they warn each other, do \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003efollow your shadow if it wanders away. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the landscape of their lives is torn apart, building by building, electronics-repair-shop employees Eungyo and Mujae can only watch as their community begins to fade. Their growing connection with one another provides solace, but against an uncaring ruling class and the inevitability of the rising shadows, their relationship may not be enough. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award and the Korean Bookseller’s Award, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Shadows \u003c\/i\u003eis a tender working-class perspective with subtle and affecting social commentary. This edition features an introduction by Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e, Han Kang, and an exclusive interview with the author.\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e One Hundred Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is an unforgettable, curious beauty to be found here.” —\u003cb\u003eHan Kang\u003c\/b\u003e, 2024 Nobel Prize recipient and winner of the Man Booker International Prize for\u003ci\u003e The Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Affecting... It's rare for a story to be so dense in social meaning yet so lightly composed” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Nation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The South Korean’s first novel — and her first to be translated into English — is mesmerizing and surreal.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Vulture’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e “15 Must-Read Translated Books From the Past 5 Years”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hwang Jungeun’s One Hundred Shadows is too odd to be this tender, and too sharply materialist to be this mystical, and too lyrical to be this gritty... The novel’s symbols are as compelling as they are opaque, and it sucked me up and spat me out a different person.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub’s \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“18 Books to Read this October”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve never read anything quite like\u003ci\u003e One Hundred Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e… experimental fiction at its finest.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—April Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Haunting… subtle but potent… a delicately-structured critique of capitalism.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—3:AM Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hwang Jungeun’s \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e is too odd to be this tender, and too sharply materialist to be this mystical, and too lyrical to be this gritty... The novel’s symbols are as compelling as they are opaque, and it sucked me up and spat me out a different person.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Hub’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“18 Books to Read this October”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jung Yewon’s flawless translation breathes an eerie afterlife into a capitalist ghost story.” \u003cb\u003e—Anton Hur\u003c\/b\u003e, International Booker Prize finalist for the translation of \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e by Bora Chung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eloquent, dreamlike and haunting, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e is both strange and beautiful. This story will linger in your mind long after the last page.” —\u003cb\u003eJune Hur\u003c\/b\u003e, Edgar Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Palace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Ghostly . . . A mysterious place of pilgrimage.” \u003cb\u003e—Sofia Samatar\u003c\/b\u003e, World Fantasy Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Olondria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deceptively delicate . . . Hwang Jungeun’s social critique devastates with its artful subtlety and fantastical glimmers that haunt the novel with compassionate, mournful beauty.” —\u003cb\u003eAngela Mi Young Hur\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHwang Jungeun\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1976, is one of the bright young things of Korean literature, having published two collections of short stories and three novels to date. \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), her first novel, is both a critical and commercial international success; its mix of oblique fantasy, hard-edge social critique, and offbeat romance garnered the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award and the Korean Booksellers’ Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJung Yewon\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, by Hwang Jung-eun. She is also the translator of \u003ci\u003eNo One Writes Back\u003c\/i\u003e by Jang Eun-jin and one of the co-translators of \u003ci\u003eA Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e by Jung Young Moon, both published by Dalkey Archive as part of their Library of Korean Literature series. Her translation of Jung Young \u003ci\u003eMoon’s Vaseline Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e is published by Deep Vellum.","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302122082533,"sku":"NP9781645661443","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781645661443.jpg?v=1767734175","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/one-hundred-shadows-isbn-9781645661443","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}