Paul Yoon 단편집 "The Mountain"

 

 

Paul, Yoon, The Mountain (2017)

 

도관에서 빌렸던 이 책에 실려 있는 여섯 편의 단편

 

A Willow And the Moon

Stll A Fire

Galicia

Vladivostok Station

The Mountain

Milner Field

 

에서, 읽다 만 표제작 말고는 다 읽었는데,

어떤 친근감 때문이겠지만, 아버지와 딸의 여행 이야기가 나오는

"Milner Field"는 언젠가 다시 읽고 싶어질 것 같다.

 

책 앞표지 안쪽의 글을, 앞엣 것은 듣기(읽기)에 기분 좋은

것이어서, 뒤엣 것은 작품들의 전반적인 분위기를 어느 정도 느끼게

해주는 것 같아서, 아래에 옮겨 적는다.

 

"Yoon proves himself a literary alchemist, transforming

tragedy into beauty with deft reminders of our universal

connection.... Joining such luminaries as Jhumpa Lahiri,

Junot Diaz, and Alex Munro. Yoon has undoubtedly

earned membership in the exclusive coterie of today's

finest writers of the short form."

 

-- Libray Journal (starred review)

 

In the six stories in The Mountain, award-winning author

Paul Yoon takes readers on indelible journeys across

continents and eras. His stunning characters are migrants

and survivors, linked by trauma and the timeless quest for

solace. Whether in a sanatorium in the Hudson Valley or

at a camera sweatshop in Shanghai, a tiny village in the

Pyrenees or an inn in rural Russia, Yoon's ethereal prose

illuminates our interconnectedness as human beings.

These graceful and precise stories will haunt and delight

readers in the best ways.