{"product_id":"god-disease-9781956046335","title":"God-Disease","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, selected by Manuel Muñoz.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine a space where cities and municipalities are delineated only by letters. A place in flux, a freewheeling confluence that does not commit to being American, Korea, or even Korean American. This is where \u003ci\u003eGod-Disease\u003c\/i\u003e takes place. Strange things happen here. Identities warp and shift; sometimes they vanish altogether. In the titular story, a museum insect curator returns to her birth town, J Municipality, feeling empty and searching for answers to her mother's absence; was it insanity that plagued her, or was it shin-byeong--god-disease? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqual parts Southern Korean Gothic and slipstream, the collection is a meditation on language, identity, and names, and how deceptively fragile they can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ean chang joon\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Seoul, Korea, but raised somewhere between Uzbekistan, Korea, and the eastern coast of the United States. His writing explores borders, not as a flat line, but as a liminal space of their own. He is never entirely sure on how to navigate between his two and a half names. His prose can be found in \u003ci\u003eBarnstorm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Earth Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the runner-up for the \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 2022 and 2023 Fiction Contest. He is the Korean translator for Nellie Hermann's novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Season of Migration\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives between Baton Rouge, LA, and Seoul, Korea.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183637233938,"sku":"9781956046335","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eec31e14-3ad3-41e4-8f3b-ce20c5e04fc4.jpg?v=1744473837","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/god-disease-9781956046335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}