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City of Ash and Red
Written by Hye-Young Pyun
Narrated by Eric G. Dove
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About this audiobook
In this Kafkaesque tale of crime and punishment, a rat killer sent on assignment to a chaotic, paranoid country discovers that he may not quite be who he seems.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDreamscape Media
TranslatorSora Kim-Russell
Release dateOct 15, 2020
ISBN9781666588255
Author
Hye-Young Pyun
Hye-young Pyun is the author of several short-story collections and novels. The recipient of many of Korea's most prestigious awards, including the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi-sang Literary Award, and the Hyundae Munhak Award, she made her literary debut when she won Seoul Shinmun's annual New Writer's Contest with her short story "Shaking Off Dew" and has continued to publish short stories in publications such as The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine. She lives in Seoul, Korea.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The story sounds interesting but the voice over artist has jarring delivery