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The disaster tourist : a novel / Yun Ko-Eun ; translated from the Korean by Lizzie Buehler.

Yun, Ko-ŭn, 1980- (author.). Buehler, Lizzie, (translator.).

Summary:

Jungle is a cutting-edge travel agency specializing in tourism to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. And until she found herself at the mercy of a predatory colleague, Yona was one of their top representatives. Now on the verge of losing her job, she's given a proposition: take a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui and pose as a tourist to assess the company's least profitable holiday. When she uncovers a plan to fabricate an extravagant catastrophe, she must choose: prioritize the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life, or embrace a fresh start in a powerful new position?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781640094161 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 200 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Counterpoint edition.
  • Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.
Language Note:
In English, translated from the Korean.
Subject: Dark tourism > Fiction.
Climatic changes > Fiction.
Travel agents > Fiction.
Tourism > Employees > Fiction.
Tourism > Korea (South) > Fiction.
Islands > Vietnam > Fiction.
Vietnam > Description and travel > Fiction.
Genre: Black humor.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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YUN KO-EUN is the author of several novels and short story collections published in South Korea. She is a recipient of the Hankyoreh Literary Award, the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, and the Kim Yong-ik Literary Award. The Disaster Tourist is her second book to be published in English. She lives in Seoul, South Korea.

LIZZIE BUEHLER studied comparative literature at Princeton University and holds an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa. Her writing and short translations appear in Asymptote, Azalea Magazine, Litro, The Massachusetts Review, and Translation Review.

Yun Ko-Eun is the author of several novels and short story collections published in South Korea. She is a recipient of the Hankyoreh Literary Award, the Lee Hyo–seok Literary Award, and the Kim Yong–ik Literary Award. The Disaster Tourist is her second book to be published in English. She lives in Seoul, South Korea.

LIZZIE BUEHLER studied comparative literature at Princeton University and holds an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa. Her writing and short translations appear in Asymptote, Azalea Magazine, Litro, The Massachusetts Review, and Translation Review.


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