
The Cabinet (Paperback)
Un-su Kim (author), Sean Lin Halbert (translator)Published: 12/10/2021
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 9780857669179
Number of pages: 400
Dimensions: 216 x 135 mm
Edition: New edition
MEDIA REVIEWS
"Un-su Kim is a tremendous writer"
"Showcases his sly, surreal, dark humor about all the ways humans are, well, not particularly human."
"This charming and fantastical book is sure to introduce Kim to a whole new legion of weird fiction fans, ideal for readers of Han Kang's The Vegetarian and the works of Haruki Murakami."
"Kim deftly juggles both macro-level and micro-level ideas about social roles, purpose, and personal narrative."
"What begins as a rather whimsical set of stories turns into a much darker novel, raising issues of difference and acceptance, what people must do to survive, and what is truly monstrous."
"Surprising and enchanting"
"comic, heartbreaking and terrifying."
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