—Selected as a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award
—Selected for the 2002 Kiriyama Prize Notable Books List —Selected as a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award
A selection of the Akashic Urban Surreal Series.
Boy Genius is a powerful identity satire, the picaresque odyssey of a child seeking to avenge the wrongs perpetrated on his parents. Park’s genius, born into the turmoil of postwar Korea, is used as a puppet by the South Korean government—before being banished to America. From a remote New York City ghetto, the boy wages a clandestine guerrilla war against all symbols of authority. Park renders his vision of late-20th-century global culture with the bold, surreal strokes of Pynchon and the wild political sensibilities of Godard; the painful, largely unmapped narrative territory of Boy Genius creates a gripping, harrowing read.
—Selected as a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award
—Selected for the 2002 Kiriyama Prize Notable Books List —Selected as a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award
A selection of the Akashic Urban Surreal Series.
Boy Genius is a powerful identity satire, the picaresque odyssey of a child seeking to avenge the wrongs perpetrated on his parents. Park’s genius, born into the turmoil of postwar Korea, is used as a puppet by the South Korean government—before being banished to America. From a remote New York City ghetto, the boy wages a clandestine guerrilla war against all symbols of authority. Park renders his vision of late-20th-century global culture with the bold, surreal strokes of Pynchon and the wild political sensibilities of Godard; the painful, largely unmapped narrative territory of Boy Genius creates a gripping, harrowing read.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781888451245 |
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| Publisher: | Akashic Books, Ltd. |
| Publication date: | 02/01/2002 |
| Series: | Akashic Urban Surreal |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x (d) |