Adibas Library of Korean Literature At once an ironic portrayal

At once an ironic portrayal of contemporary Korea and an intimate exploration of heartache

A bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film

and demonstrates how the mind at play can bring a little warmth into a cold universe

” —Milan Jesih

Adibas Library of Korean Literature At once an ironic portrayalA "war novel" without battle scenes. A cynical journalist drifting through a war torn Georgia, and a consumerist wasteland. War is raging in Georgia, Russian fighter planes are thundering overhead, and yet, for some, the falling bombs cause no more impact than the slight ripple moving through the purified water of their swimming pools, or the rattling of a spoon in their cappuccino cups. Filtered through the bleary and cynical mind of Shakoa