From one of Korea s literary stars, a novel about two orphans from the streets of Seoul: one becomes
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From one of Korea s literary stars, a novel about two orphans from the streets of Seoul: one becomes the head of a powerful motorcycle gang, and the other follows him at all costs In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society s castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival. Jae is born in a bathroom stall at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal. And Dongyu is born mute unable to communicate with anyone except Jae. Both boys grow up on the streets of Seoul among runaway teenagers, con men, prostitutes, religious fanatics, and thieves. After years navigating the streets, Jae becomes an icon for uprooted teenagers, bringing an urgent message to them and making his way to the top of thegang. Under his leadership, the group grows more aggressive and violent and soon becomes the police s central target.A novel of friendship worship and betrayal, love and loathing and a searing portrait of what it means to come of age with nothing to call your own, I Hear Your Voiceresonates with mythic power. Here isacclaimed author Young-ha Kim s most daring novel to date."
作者简介 YOUNG-HA KIM s Black Flower won Korea's Dong-in Prize; his first novel, I Have the Right to Destroy Myself washighly acclaimedupon publication in the United States.He hasearned a reputation as the most talented and prolific Korean writer of his generation, publishing five novels and three collections of short stories. He lives in Busan, South Korea.
KRYS LEE is the author of the short story collection
Drifting House and the forthcoming novel
How I Became a North Korean. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize and the Story Prize Spotlight Award, the Honor Title in Adult Fiction Literature from the Asian/Pacific American Libraries Association, and a finalist for the BBC International Story Prize. Her fiction, journalism, and literary translations have appeared in
Granta, the
Kenyon Review,
Narrative, the
San Francisco Chronicle, and the
Guardian, among others. She is teaches creative writing and literature at Yonsei University in South Korea.
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