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A beautiful lady who can only be seen from far away, a machine that generates an entire civilization, a king who loves the hidden life of an inanimate statue, a city that appears once a year across a great chasm, an ancient Korean king assassinated in the dark of the night, a ghost that haunts soldiers on the DMZ - these are just some of the marvels you will encounter in these stories from the transcultural and metafictional imagination of Minsoo Kang.
In diverse narratives grouped under the titles of Tales from a Lost History, Fables of the Dream World, and Stories from an Imaginary Homeland, Kang explores the nature and possibilities of storytelling itself as he spins out variations on an episodic theme, reinterprets an old myth, and struggles with a past that seeks a voice in the present. The result is a marvelously surrealistic landscape where histories, ideas, and legends freely intermingle and dance to the music of wonder and longing.
The 15 exquisitely crafted stories in Kang's first collection will delight fans of literary fantasy. The five tales in the section "Tales from a Lost History" exemplify Kang's theory, as stated in "The Beautiful and Useful Machine," that humanity emerged from prehistory by recording myths, memories and activities. Five shorter pieces, in "Fables of the Dream World," approach the mythic dimension lurking in the human subconscious, while the five "Stories from an Imaginary Homeland" seem drawn from Kang's own dark experiences in the South Korean army. Each tale hinges on some sudden remembrance whose significance only occurs to its narrator after contact with a traumatic event. Most are multilayered, subtly emphasizing the role of the storyteller who alone can make sense of, and thus heal, the damage caused by human wickedness. Poignant and revealing, nostalgic and concealing, Kang's paradoxical short fiction handsomely bears out D.H. Lawrence's equally enigmatic advice: "Never trust the artist. Trust the tale." (Nov.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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