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City of ash and red : a novel

P'yوon, Hye-yوong, 1972- author, Kim-Russell, Sora, translator

Overview

\"For fans of J. G. Ballard and early Ian McEwan, a tense psychological thriller and Kafkaesque parable by the author of The Hole--called 'an airtight masterpiece' by the Korean Economic Daily. Distinguished for his talents as a rat killer, the nameless protagonist of Hye-young Pyun's City of Ash and Red 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. 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 The Hole, City of Ash and Red 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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Subject: Rats Control Fiction. / Epidemics Fiction.
• ISBN: 9781628727807, 1628727802, 1628729910, 9781628729917

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PL994.67.H94 C4313 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE
PL 994.67 .H94 H6513 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE