Familiar Things

Familiar Things
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Publisher : Scribe Publications
Total Pages : 158
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ISBN-10 : 9781925548051
ISBN-13 : 1925548058
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Book Synopsis Familiar Things by : Hwang Sok-yong

Download or read book Familiar Things written by Hwang Sok-yong and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea’s glittering metropolis is a place few people know about: a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Home to those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father’s internment in a government ‘re-education camp’. Living in a shack and supporting himself by weeding recyclables out of the refuse, at first Bugeye’s life on Flower Island is hard. But then one night he notices mysterious lights around the landfill. And when the ancient spirits that still inhabit the island’s landscape reveal themselves to him, Bugeye's luck begins to change – but can it last? Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away. PRAISE FOR HWANG SOK-YONG ‘Hwang Sok-yong is one of the most read Korean writers in his country, and best known abroad. An activist for democracy and reconciliation with the North, in his books he melds his political fights with the Korean cultural imagination.’ Le Monde


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