{"product_id":"table-for-one-stories-hardcover","title":"Table for One: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKo-Eun Yun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLizzie Buehler\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn office worker who has no one to eat lunch with enrolls in a course that builds confidence about eating alone. A man with a pathological fear of bedbugs offers up his body to save his building from infestation. A time capsule in Seoul is dug up hundreds of years before it was intended to be unearthed. A vending machine repairman finds himself trapped in a shrinking motel during a never-ending snowstorm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these and other indelible short stories, contemporary South Korean author Yun Ko-eun conjures up slightly off-kilter worlds tucked away in the corners of everyday life. Her fiction is bursting with images that toe the line between realism and the fantastic. Throughout \u003ci\u003eTable for One\u003c\/i\u003e, comedy and an element of the surreal are interwoven with the hopelessness and loneliness that pervades the protagonists' decidedly mundane lives. Yun's stories focus on solitary city dwellers, and her eccentric, often dreamlike humor highlights their sense of isolation. Mixing quirky and melancholy commentary on densely packed urban life, she calls attention to the toll of rapid industrialization and the displacement of traditional culture. Acquainting the English-speaking audience with one of South Korea's breakout young writers, \u003ci\u003eTable for One\u003c\/i\u003e presents a parade of misfortunes that speak to all readers in their unconventional universality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYun Ko-eun is the award-winning author of three novels and three short story collections. Born in 1980, she lives in Seoul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLizzie Buehler is a translator from Korean and an MFA student in literary translation at the University of Iowa.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776260866336,"sku":"9780231192026","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78b06685ca1afc9836929ff880bed644.webp?v=1780475706","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/table-for-one-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}