{"product_id":"the-library-of-musical-instruments-9781628971514","title":"The Library of Musical Instruments","description":"The second short-story collection by Kim Jung-hyuk, the author of Penguin News, features a total of eight short stories, including \"Syncopation D\" which won the 2nd Kim You-jeong Literary Award in 2008. They represent the many sounds sampled by the author when he recorded over 600 kinds of musical instruments. Like instruments coming together in a symphony, the stories combine to make an opus consisting of variations on a theme. While the stories begin in an upbeat fashion and work to a crescendo, they end with notes in a minor key filling the vacuum. \u003ci\u003eThe Library of Musical Instruments\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection to contemplate on more than one occasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJung-Hyuk, Kim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in 1971 in Kimcheon, a southeastern city of South Korea, Kim Jung-hyuk graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Keimyung University. He debuted as a writer in 2000 when his novelette \"Penguin News\" was published in the \u003ci\u003eLiterature and Society magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoyoung, Kim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kim Soyoung is a professional translator with over a decade of experience and a master's degree in translation and consecutive interpretation. She is currently focused on translating Korean books (fiction or nonfiction) into English.","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50361278824722,"sku":"9781628971514","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68917ca0-4583-4114-af85-e4743dcf673c.jpg?v=1728371393","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-library-of-musical-instruments-9781628971514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}