Elisa Shua Dusapin Boeken
23 oktober 1992
Elisa Shua Dusapin creëert verhalen die thema's van identiteit en verbinding verkennen binnen ambigue landschappen. Haar proza wordt geprezen om zijn poëtische precisie, bedreven in het vastleggen van subtiele psychologische nuances. Dusapin onderzoekt de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring met een scherp oog voor detail en een frisse perspectief. Haar werk nodigt lezers uit om de grenzen tussen culturen en het innerlijke leven van haar personages te overdenken.
"It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North's watchtowers. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. The two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an 'authentic' Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls, and cross into North Korea. But he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows - the gaudy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother works. As she's pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings, she strikes upon a way to finally be seen."--Publisher description
