Hilarious: Selected Novels of Quan Zhi Yi

Author: [Korean] Kwon Ji-ye
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Laughing includes 7 short stories by Kwon Ji-ye. Among them, Laughing depicts the family life of a child with autism: an unhappiness not caused by negligence or responsibility, ultimately leading to a brutal destruction of life; The Happy Disaster showcases the "fake life" of a traffic accident patient staying in a private hospital to claim insurance, filled with irony. Kwon Ji-ye excels at discovering social issues and revealing their absurdity, cruelty, or ethical contradictions and dilemmas. Her perspectives are unique, her techniques diverse, and her works highly readable. Kwon Ji-ye is one of the most renowned female writers in contemporary Korea, born in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do in 1960. She graduated from the English Department of Ewha Womans University. She studied in France at the University of Paris Diderot for eight years, specializing in Comparative Literature, and obtained a Ph.D. in Literature in 2000. She has written numerous short story collections and novels, achieving success later in life. In 2002, she won the 26th Lee Hyo-jae Literary Award for her short story Stewed Eel. Laughing includes 7 short stories by Kwon Ji-ye. Among them, Laughing depicts the family life of a child with autism: an unhappiness not caused by negligence or responsibility, ultimately leading to a brutal destruction of life; The Happy Disaster showcases the "fake life" of a traffic accident patient staying in a private hospital to claim insurance, filled with irony. Kwon Ji-ye excels at discovering social issues and revealing their absurdity, cruelty, or ethical contradictions and dilemmas, with unique perspectives, diverse techniques, and high readability.