Whale : SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023

Author(s): Myeong-kwan, Cheon
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 29/02/2024,
Pagination: 368 pages,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781787704947,
Description:

'A DISTINCTLY KOREAN TAKE ON GREAT EXPECTATIONS.' Financial TimesA woman sells her daughter to a passing beekeeper for two jars of honey. A baby weighing fifteen pounds is born in the depths of winter but named “Girl of Spring”. A storm brings down the roof of a ramshackle restaurant to reveal a hidden fortune. These are just some of the events that set Myeong-Kwan's beautifully crafted, wild world in motion.

Set in a remote village in South Korea, Whale follows the lives of its linked characters: Geumbok, who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle.

Brimming with surprises and wicked humour, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions, by one of international literature’s the most original voices.