

City of Ash and Red
Author: Hye-Young Pyun, Sora Kim-Russell
Narrator: Eric G. Dove
Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 10/01/2020
Author: Hye-Young Pyun, Sora Kim-Russell
Narrator: Eric G. Dove
Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 10/01/2020
Hye-young Pyun is the author of several short-story collections and novels. The recipient of many of Korea's most prestigious awards, including the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi-sang Literary Award, and the Hyundae Munhak Award, she made her literary debut when she won Seoul Shinmun's annual New Writer's Contest with her short story "Shaking Off Dew" and has continued to publish short stories in publications such as The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine. She lives in Seoul, Korea.
Such a weird book! I think I need to read it again to get it, really, really get it. It was worn during COVID, and given the subject matter, that makes sense. Protagonist was deplorable. In many ways, I feel like he represents a lot of men I’ve known - the ones who delude themselves into thinking the......more
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City of Ash and Red is Sora Kim-Russell's 2018 translation of the 2010 Korean novel 재와 빨강 by 편혜영 (Hye-Young Pyun). This is the third novel I've read by the same translator-author after: The Hole (홀) - my review: [URL not allowed] The Law of Lines (선의 법칙) - my review: [URL not allowed]......more
Sometimes you read and love a book, but when you have to explain it to someone, you fumble for words. This is one of those books. In City of Ash and Red, we have a pandemic. It's a quiet one, but a deadly one. Our main character, who remains nameless, is promoted, but that promotion takes into a coun......more