{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956046335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"An Chang Joon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44902105972917,"sku":"9781956046335","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a2328a50-b6a3-4989-8210-1081149f9df4.jpg?v=1733813202","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/god-disease-9781956046335","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}