Winter in Sokcho
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Winter in Sokcho is a quiet, introspective novel set in a South Korean border town, exploring identity, alienation, and cross-cultural encounter through the relationship between a young Franco-Korean woman and a visiting French cartoonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winter in Sokcho canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Elisa Shua Dusapin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award for Translated Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| coverArtMotif | winter seaside imagery ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslator | Aneesa Abbas Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween |
Europe and East Asia
NERFINISHED
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artist and subject ⓘ mother and daughter ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | The Pachinko Parlour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| ISBN_EnglishPaperback | 9781913547021 ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
contemporary fiction
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translated literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Francophone literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
French cartoonist
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young Franco-Korean woman ⓘ |
| motif |
drawing and comics
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food and cooking ⓘ sea and coastline ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
introspective
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quiet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on interiority over plot
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portrayal of liminal border space ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 150 ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | mixed French and Korean heritage ⓘ |
| protagonistConflict | struggle with cultural identity ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | guesthouse worker ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Zoé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingDetail | border town near North Korea ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Sokcho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingSeason | winter ⓘ |
| style |
atmospheric
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minimalist prose ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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belonging ⓘ cross-cultural encounter ⓘ identity ⓘ intimacy and distance ⓘ |
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