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""Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams--invasive images of blood and brutality--torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law, and her sister each fight to reassert their...
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Language
English
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"In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight. Soon the two discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
166 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The mere act of walking on the Earth is a challenge for our most unusual protagonist -- a shapeshifting, gender-bending alien. After crashing their spacecraft in the middle of nowhere, they find themself stranded on an unfamiliar planet, where gravity is a disabling force. They'll need to practice walking in the Earth's atmosphere to survive. And what better way to practice than hunt delicious humans? They chooses their prey, shifts their gender,...
7) Your utopia
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"From the acclaimed author and translator of Cursed Bunny, a fresh, uncanny, and utterly profound collection of stories set in near and distant futures that reflect our deepest fears -- and deepest desires. Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The runaway bestseller that helped launch Korea's new feminist movement, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman's psychic deterioration in the face of rigid misogyny. In a small, tidy apartment on the outskirts of the frenzied metropolis of Seoul, Kim Jiyoung-a millennial "everywoman"-spends her days caring for her infant daughter. Her husband, however, worries over a strange symptom that has recently appeared: Jiyoung has begun to impersonate...
9) Violets
Author
Publisher
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Feminist Press edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"San, a neglected young woman, experiences the violence and isolation of late twentieth-century Korean society"--
10) Lemon
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this piercing psychological portrait that takes the shape of a crime novel, a woman haunted by her sister's unsolved murder transforms herself in order to cope with the pain of absence and unknowing. In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, nineteen-year-old Kim Hae-on is killed in what becomes known as the High School Beauty Murder. Two suspects quickly emerge: rich kid Shin Jeongjun, whose car Hae-on was last...
11) I am the subway
Author
Publisher
Scribble
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A cinematic journey through the Seoul subway that masterfully portrays the many unique lives we travel alongside whenever we take the train. A poetic translation of the bestselling Korean picture book."--
12) The white book
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A lyrical exploration of personal grief, conveyed through the prism of the color white, finds a nameless writer grappling with a haunting family tragedy involving the infancy death of her older sister.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Korean
Description
Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
14) Yellow umbrella
Author
Publisher
Kane/Miller Book Pub
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill., music ; 27 cm. +e 1 sound disc (digital : 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Combines a wordless picture book, in which an increasing number of colorful umbrellas appear in the falling rain, with a CD of background music designed to enrich the images.
15) Snowglobe
Author
Series
Snowglobe duology volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that’s warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city.
The residents of Snowglobe have everything: fame, fortune, and above all, safety...
16) Ghostbusters
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
17) Okja
Series
Criterion collection volume 1133
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet
Language
Korean
Description
Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's beating heart is the connection between a girl and her super...
Series
Game of Thrones volume Season 4
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 545 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling fourth season based on George R. R. Martin's bestselling books, the Lannisters' control over the Iron Throne remains intact, but can they survive their own egos as well as the ongoing threats around them? While an unshaken Stannis Baratheon continues to rebuild his army on Dragonstone, a more immediate danger somes from the south, as Oberyn Martell, the Lannister loathing "Red Viper of Dorne", arrives at King's Landing to attend...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c1963
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This time, Bond squares off agains the evil SPECTRE organization in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine, thrusting him into a thrilling boat chase, a brutal helicopter attack and a deadly brawl aboard the Orient Express.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. They'll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills, and danger or be stuck in game forever!
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