G685 Book Review of Pavane for a dead princess by Park Min-Gyu
Name of Book: Juguen Wangnyeoreul Wihan Pavane / Pavane for a Dead Princess Author: Park Min-Gyu (Translated by Amber Hyun Jung Kim) ISBN: 978 1 62897 066 1 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Type of book: South Korea, 1985-1986, relationship, beauty, aestheticism, low wage jobs, wealth, poverty, love, modern music, art, work, philosophy of life without answers Year it was published: 2014 (originally 2009) Summary: Following the relationship between a man with matinee-idol good looks and “the ugliest woman of the century,” Pavane for a Dead Princess examines how contemporary Korea’s obsession with beauty is its popular culture’s newest canker. Both celebrated and condemned for his attacks upon what he perceives as the humorlessness of contemporary Korean literature, author Park Min-gyu uses a myriad of references to Western music and art, and the addition of a ‘writer’s cut,’ to suggest various ways of looking at his country’s extreme aesthetic fetishization. Chara...