DD's umbrella / Hwang Jungeun ; translated by E. Yaewon.
| Author/creator | Hwang, Chŏng-ŭn, 1976- author. |
| Other author | Yae Won, Emily translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | [London] : Tilted Axis Press, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 245 pages ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Tidi ŭi usan. English |
| Contents | d -- There is nothing that needs to be said. |
| Abstract | "What was it they were battling? Their smallness, of course, their smallness. A delicate and arresting queer novel from one of Korea's most celebrated contemporary writers d, a nonbinary gig worker living in Seoul, briefly escapes the grasp of isolation when they meet dd, only to be ensnared by grief when dd dies in a car accident. Meanwhile, the world around them reckons with the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that left more than 300 dead. As formally inventive as it is evocative, dd's Umbrella is composed of twin novellas. The first is told from the perspective of d, and the second from the perspective of a writer researching a book they may never write. Both figures dwell in society's margins-queer, working-class, and part of nontraditional family structures. As people across Korea come together to protest the government's handling of the Sewol ferry disaster, and to impeach the right-wing president in office, the novel examines how progressive movements coexist with social exclusion, particularly of women and sexual minorities, invisibilised in service of the 'greater cause. dd's Umbrella is a meditative and off-centre novel about mourning and revolution." -- backcover |
| General note | Originally published in Korean in 2019. |
| General note | Translated from Korean. |
| Translation of | Translation of: Hwang Chŏng-ŭn, 1976- Tidi ŭi usan. Ch'op'an. Kyŏnggi-do P'aju-si : Ch'angbi, 2019 |
| ISBN | 9781911284949 pbk |
| ISBN | 1911284940 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PL994.29 .C48 D37 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |