{"product_id":"seven-samurai-swept-away-in-a-river-9781941920855","title":"Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River","description":"A literary meandering into the mythology of place and what a novel can be, inspired by the author's time spent at an artist residency in small-town Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJung Young Moon, born in 1965, is an award-winning Korean writer and translator. A graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in psychology, Jung is also an alum of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. In 2012, he won the Han Moo-suk Literary Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, and the Daesan Literary Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eA Contrived World\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a resident at the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Korean Study and the 100 West Corsicana Artists' \u0026amp; Writers' Residency in Texas, the latter of which inspired his novel \u003ci\u003eSeven Samurai Swept Away in a River\u003c\/i\u003e. Deep Vellum published his novel \u003ci\u003eVaseline Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e in 2016, and will publish his linked novella trilogy \u003ci\u003eArriving in a Thick Fog\u003c\/i\u003e in 2020.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476379373842,"sku":"9781941920855","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_649b238e-4ff6-4722-90d4-7f824d58cb99.jpg?v=1730249915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seven-samurai-swept-away-in-a-river-9781941920855","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}