Whale - SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023

A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce and fantasy.

About the author

Cheon Myeong-kwan is a South Korean novelist and screenwriter. Upon publication of his first story, “Frank and I” (2003), he received the prestigious Munhakdongne New Writer Award. His debut novel, Whale, was published the following year, won the 10th Munhakdongne Novel Award and became one of the most loved novels in South Korea, where it is regarded as a modern classic. His work has been translated into eight languages.
Chi-Young Kim is a literary translator and editor. A recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize for her work on Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin, she has translated over a dozen books, including works by Ae-ran Kim, You-jeong Jeong, and Young-ha Kim, among others.

Product details

• Authors: Myeong-kwan Cheon, Cheon Myeong-kwan
• Assisted by: Chi-Young Kim (Translation), Kim Chi-Young (Translation)
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781787704947
• ISBN: 978-1-78770-494-7
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 248 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary