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Wolves
2009
First Published
4.14
Average Rating
220
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“Written in a beautifully rendered, nuanced language, Wolves is a window into a little-known world.” —Krys Lee - Author of How I Became a North Korean Sungtae’s short stories build a unique world through their consummate construction and firm roots in reality. With Mongolia as the physical background and through the perspectives of outsiders, Jeon’s imaginative tales mercilessly expose the hypocrisy and duality that lie within all of us. The stories address important issues including North-South Korean relations, migrant workers, capitalism in an era of neo-liberalism, and racially mixed families. Sora Kim-Russell, a Korean-American poet and translator originally from California, now lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.

Avg Rating
4.14
Number of Ratings
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Author

Sungtae Jeon
Sungtae Jeon
Author · 2 books
전성태 (Jeon Sungtae) was born in 1969 in South Korea. He studied creative writing at Chung-Ang University and started his career in 1994 by winning the Silcheonmunhak New Writer’s Award. His published works include the short-story collections Second Self-Portrait (2015), Wolves (2009), Over The Border (2004), and Burying Incense (1999); the novel The Female Barber (2005); and the book of essays Big Brothers of the World (2015).
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