Lit in Translation

몬순

Monsun

“Monsoon” (title translated by AI)

Pyun Hye-young (편혜영, born 1972)

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A child has died, and that loss lies beneath this story, together with a relationship in which a secret and growing suspicion keep everyone on edge. For the protagonist nothing can be proven or relied on; the absurd has become simply the ground underfoot. A power cut serves as the image for the distance and the broken connection between people who should be closest. As the unease piles up, sign upon sign, the protagonist looks on without the strength to act, feeling themselves fade into someone with no substance at all.

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About the book

Form
Short story
Length
364 pages in the original
Genres
Family (assigned by AI)
First published
2013 by Munhak Sasang
Author's age
41 when first published
ISBN

9788970129006 (original)