{"product_id":"a-greater-music-9781940953465","title":"A Greater Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author nominated for the Best Translated Book Award and the PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bae Suah offers the chance to \u003ci\u003eunknow\u003c\/i\u003e--to see the everyday afresh and be defamiliarized with what we believe we know--which is no small offering.\"--Sophie Hughes, \u003ci\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear the beginning of \u003ci\u003eA Greater Music\u003c\/i\u003e, the narrator, a young Korean writer, falls into an icy river in the Berlin suburbs, where she's been housesitting for her on-off boyfriend Joachim. This sets into motion a series of memories that move between the hazily defined present and the period three years ago when she first lived in Berlin. Throughout, the narrator's relationship with Joachim, a rough-and-ready metalworker, is contrasted with her friendship with a woman called M, an ultra-refined music-loving German teacher who was once her lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of memories and wandering, \u003ci\u003eA Greater Music \u003c\/i\u003eblends riffs on music, language, and literature with a gut-punch of an emotional ending, establishing Bae Suah as one of the most exciting novelists working today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBae Suah\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary Korean authors, has published more than a dozen works and won several prestigious awards. She has also translated several books from the German, including works by W. G. Sebald, Franz Kafka, and Jenny Erpenbeck. Her first book to appear in English, \u003ci\u003eNowhere to be Found\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for a PEN Translation Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Smith\u003c\/b\u003e's literary translations from the Korean include two novels by Han Kang (\u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/i\u003e), and two by Bae Suah, (\u003ci\u003eA Greater Music \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRecitation\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Suah Bae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671548031132,"sku":"9781940953465","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b32a049a-a08c-4002-b3a6-527843af3850.jpg?v=1603925668","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-greater-music-9781940953465","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}