- Overview
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A fantastic war story set in the Sino-Korean allied expeditions against Russians during the Sino-Russian border conflicts of 1654 that eventually takes the stage into space.
- Book Intro
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This is the third full-length novel by Chung Bora, who has garnered attention by translating Russian and other Slavic masterpieces and even creating her own sci-fi fantasy works.
Chung was inspired by the soldiers of the Sino-Korean allied expeditions against Russians in the 17th century, who were mobilized as cannon fodder under the Qing dynasty but miraculously defeated the Russians and eventually returned home. The tale expands its stage into space and is woven into a fantastic war story.
From the author's point of view, the turbulent times are always the times in which we live, and the heroes are not the leaders who command thousands of troops but rather the brave ordinary men who jump into endless battles and never leave the side of their fellow man. These are the people about whom Chung wanted to write.
Chung dedicates this beautiful story of war to "the comrades who endure endless battles for human dignity and rights."
- About the Author
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Bora Chung
(English) Bora Chung studied liberal arts at Yonsei University and earned her M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies from Yale University, and her Ph.D. in Slavic literature from Indiana University. As a Russian major, she fell in love with bizarre novels written by authors no one knew in Korea. She earned her M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies from Yale University, and her Ph.D. in Russian and Polish literature from Indiana University. She writes and translates science fiction and fantasy literature. She won the 3rd Digital Writers' Awards' Distinction Award in 2008 with her novella The Fox, and the 1st SF Awards with her short story The Seed. In 2022, she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
- Selection
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Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, 2018, SME Publisher Publication Creation Support