<i>The Private Life of Plants</i> is about the ways in which desire can both worsen and mitigate our flaws. We meet amputee sons whose mothers cart them from brothel to brothel; we meet brothers who love their brother's lovers, and whose lovers in turn are stolen away by the husbands of their sisters. Sexuality in all its ugliness and wonder is put under the microscope by Lee Seung-U, who reminds us that love may come in various forms, but that it is, nonetheless, a force that unifies us all . . . whether we like it or not.

Private Life of Plants (Library of Korean Literature)

Literature & Fiction

Seung-U, Lee

Literary

Dalkey Archive Press

In this translation of a highly acclaimed Korean novel, a journalist gets assigned the biography of Bak Bu-kil, a well-known novelist, and as he tries to piece together fragments of Bak’s life, he realizes that the novelist's past hides a painful secret. The narrator learns that Bak was forbidden from entering the family’s courtyard, not, as young Bak originally thought, because he used to pick the fruit from the persimmon trees, but rather because his fatheronce the great hope of a diminished noble family but presumed missing for yearswas locked in a hut in the back. Bak’s discovery of the hut’s inhabitant changed his life forever, causing him to seek refuge in reading, which led to writinghis only line of communication and a way to rid himself of the ghosts of his past. Dealing with themes of shame, abandonment, rebellion, love, and religion, this extraordinary novel cemented its author's reputation as an important figure in South Korea's literary scene. En esta traducción de una aclamada novela coreana, a un periodista se le encarga la biografía de Bak Bu-kil, un novelista muy conocido, y mientras intenta descifrar los fragmentos de la vida de Bak, se da cuenta de que en el pasado del novelista se oculta un secreto doloroso. El narrador aprende que a Bak le estaba prohibido entrar en el patio de su familia, no, como el joven Bak pensaba originalmente, porque solía tomar la fruta de los caquis, sino porque su padreen su día la gran esperanza de una familia de nobleza venida a menos y desde años desaparecidoestaba encerrado en una cabaña en el fondo. El descubrimiento del habitante de la choza cambió la vida de Bak para siempre, haciendo que se refugiara en la lectura, lo cual lo llevó a la escriturasu única vía de comunicación y una forma de deshacerse de los fantasmas de su pasado. Tratando sobre los temas de la vergüenza, el abandono, la rebelión, el amor y la religión, esta novela extraordinaria estableció la reputación de su autor como un personaje importante en el ámbito literario de Corea del Sur.

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Private Life of Plants (Library of Korean Literature)

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