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Zusatztext "Does Korean literature have a slacker-novel genre? If so, here's its archetype." - Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Novelist, short-story writer, translator, playwright, and teacher, Jung Young-Moon was born in Hamyang, South Korea, in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary debut in 1996 when his novel A Man Who Barely Exists . He has also translated more than forty English books into Korean. Klappentext Set in San Francisco, A Most Contrived World recounts the author¿s visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experience, the narrator¿s imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti-novel, the ambiguous fusion of observation and invention disrupts the conventions of personal memoir and travel writing, resulting in a chronicle that sets fiction against experience. Zusammenfassung Set in San Francisco, A Contrived World recounts the author’s visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experience, the narrator’s imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. A mirthful anti-novel that fuses observation and reflection.
