{"id":42662,"date":"2017-09-20T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=42662"},"modified":"2017-09-19T17:01:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T21:01:01","slug":"north-station-bae-suah-translated-deborah-smith-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/north-station-bae-suah-translated-deborah-smith-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"North Station by Bae Suah, translated by Deborah Smith [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-42663 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/North-Station-by-Bae-Suah-on-BookDragon-518x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/North-Station-by-Bae-Suah-on-BookDragon-518x800.jpg 518w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/North-Station-by-Bae-Suah-on-BookDragon.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/>One word describes Bae Suah&#8217;s latest: enigmatic. The seven stories that comprise her first translated-into-English collection (and her third collaboration with prolifically adroit British translator of choice Smith) are more fragments than linear narratives. In the opening &#8220;First Snow, First Sight,&#8221; unreliable memory between two people separated for eight years is dissected and reconstructed. &#8220;Owl&#8221; conflates books, stories, and dreams.<\/p>\n<p>The title story features a couple longing to stop time to avoid parting. &#8220;The Non-Being of the Owl&#8221; is a meditation on death, while &#8220;Mouson&#8221; discusses travel and encounters along the way. Representation and identity are examined in &#8220;Dignified Kiss of Paris Streets,&#8221; the title of a photograph that in fact depicts the narrator&#8217;s respiratory system.<\/p>\n<p>Even more than her novels (<a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/recitation-bae-suah-translated-deborah-smith-library-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Recitation<\/em><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/greater-music-bae-suah-translated-deborah-smith-library-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Greater Music<\/em><\/a>), Bae&#8217;s short works demand deliberate attention as her words and sentences diverge, detour, elide, and suddenly (sometimes) resume an abandoned narrative path.<\/p>\n<p><b>Verdict:<\/b>\u00a0Intrepid readers ready for a labyrinthine literary challenge \u2013 think Borges, Kafka, Faulkner \u2013 will enjoy deciphering Bae&#8217;s quizzical, uncommon stories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2017-09-01-438569.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, September 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2017 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One word describes Bae Suah&#8217;s latest: enigmatic. 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