Rina is a defector from a country that might be North Korea, traversing an 'empty and futile' landscape. Along the way, she is forced to work at a chemical plant, murders a few people, becomes a prostitute, runs a lucrative bar, and finds a solace in a motley family of wanderers all as disenfranchised as she. Brutal and unflinching, with elements of the mythic and grotesque interspersed with hard-edged realism, Rina is a pioneering work of Korean postmodernism.
| ISBN: | 9781960385086 |
| Publication date: | 7th March 2024 |
| Author: | Yongsuk Kang |
| Publisher: | Open Letter |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 350 pages |
| Series: | Korean Literature Series |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |