Whale (novel)

Whale
AuthorCheon Myeong-kwan
LanguageKorean
PublisherMunhakdongne Publishing Group
Publication date
December 18, 2004
Publication placeSouth Korea
ISBN978-89-546-2341-4

Whale (Korean: 고래, romanized: golae, lit. 'whale') is a 2004 novel by South Korean author Cheon Myeong-kwan.[1] In 2023, the English translation by Chi-young Kim was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. It has been classified as part of the East Asian magical realism movement by multiple reviewers and compared it to the works of Charles Dickens.[2][3][4]

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  2. ^ Marshall, Alex (2023-04-18). "Subversive Novels Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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  4. ^ "Newly Published, From the Scientific Method to Éric Vuillard". The New York Times. 2023-06-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-16.