August 2016 – Page 2 – The Modern Novel

Han Kang: 소년이 온다 (Human Acts)

2 August 2016 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Han Kang‘s 소년이 온다 (Human Acts). This novel concerns the Gwangju Uprising of May 1980 against the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan. Han Kang was born and brought up in Gwanju and was nine at the time of the uprising. She very skilfully describes what happened, from the … Read more

Quim Monzó: Benzina (Gasoline)

1 August 2016 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Quim Monzó‘s Benzina (Gasoline). This is a very funny, very post-modern novel about two Catalan painters in New York. The first is Heribert Julià who, when we first meet him, is married to Helena, owner of the gallery where he exhibits. Though they are married and seem happy … Read more