{"product_id":"city-of-ash-and-red-paperback","title":"City of Ash and Red - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHye-Young Pyun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSora Kim-Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED AN NPR GREAT READ OF 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, a Kafkaesque tale of crime and punishment hailed by Korea's\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an airtight masterpiece.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distinguished for his talents as a rat killer, the nameless protagonist of Hye-young Pyun's \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e is sent by the extermination company he works for on an extended assignment in C, a country descending into chaos and paranoia, swept by a contagious disease, and flooded with trash. No sooner does he disembark than he is whisked away by quarantine officials and detained overnight. Isolated and forgotten, he realizes that he is stranded with no means of contacting the outside world. Still worse, when he finally manages to reach an old friend, he is told that his ex-wife's body was found in his apartment and he is the prime suspect. Barely managing to escape arrest, he must struggle to survive in the streets of this foreign city gripped with fear of contamination and reestablish contact with his company and friends in order to clear his reputation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as the man's former life slips further and further from his grasp, and he looks back on his time with his wife, it becomes clear that he may not quite be who he seems. From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e is an apocalyptic account of the destructive impact of fear and paranoia on people's lives as well as a haunting novel about a man's loss of himself and his humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHye-young Pyun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1972. She earned her undergraduate degree in creative writing and graduate degree in Korean literature from Hanyang University. Her published works include the short story collections \u003ci\u003eAoi Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo The Kennels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvening Courtship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNight Passes\u003c\/i\u003e; and the novels \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThey Went to the Western Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLet The Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, the Yi Hyo-Seok Literature Prize, the Today's Young Writer Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award, and the Contemporary Literature (Hyundai Munhak) Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHole\u003c\/i\u003e was the 2017 winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, and \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red \u003c\/i\u003ewas an NPR Great Read. In 2019, she was awarded the Kim Yujeong Literary Award for her short story \"Hotel Window.\" Her short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently teaches creative writing at Myongji University and lives in Seoul, Korea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSora Kim-Russell\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include, besides \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Lines\u003c\/i\u003e by Hye-young Pyun, Un-su Kim's \u003ci\u003eThe Plotters;\u003c\/i\u003e Hwang Sok-yong's \u003ci\u003eAt Dusk\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize; and Suah Bae's \u003ci\u003eNowhere to be Found\u003c\/i\u003e. Her full list of publications can be found at sorakimrussell.com. She lives in Seoul, South Korea.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769789350176,"sku":"9781950691098","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1e91e26ef1e5c081cf475a1850eac6d2.webp?v=1780356641","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/city-of-ash-and-red-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}