One Break, a Thousand Blows! (Semina No. 2)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1906012059
ISBN 13
9781906012052
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
128
Description
Maxi Kim's first novel was chosen by Book Works' new Semina seriesbecause of its refusal to recognize the differences between fiction andnon-fiction, high-brow and low-brow, and art and life. One Break,A Thousand Blows! appears to be a novel about Japan, but theprotagonist is a metaphor, aiming to negate Japan by writing falselyabout it, and using it as a screen for the author's innermost hopesand desires. The author cannibalizes every book he references, as hesubjects his characters to the occult use of books for divination.Kim, the grandson of illiterate Korean peasant farmers, is a recentgraduate of the CalArts MFA Writing Program. - from Amzon
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1
