Whale Av Cheon Myeong-kwan

<p><strong>"A DISTINCTLY KOREAN TAKE ON <em>GREAT EXPECTATIONS</em>." <em>Financial Times</em></strong></p><p>A woman sells her daughter to a passing beekeeper for two jars of honey. A baby weighing fifteen pounds is born in the depths of winter but named ¿Girl of Spring¿. A storm brings down the roof of a ramshackle restaurant to reveal a hidden fortune. These are just some of the events that set Myeong-Kwan''s beautifully crafted, wild world in motion.</p><p>Set in a remote village in South Korea, <em>Whale </em>follows the lives of its linked characters: Geumbok, who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle.</p><p>Brimming with surprises and wicked humour, <em>Whale</em> is an adventure-satire of epic proportions, by one of international literature¿s the most original voices.</p>

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