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The disaster tourist : = a novel /

Yun, Ko-ŭn, (1980-)

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The disaster tourist : = a novel /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The disaster tourist :/ Yun Ko-Eun ; translated from the Korean by Lizzie Buehler.
Reminder of title:	a novel /
Author:	Yun, Ko-ŭn,
other author:	Buehler, Lizzie.
Published:	Berkeley, California :Counterpoint, : c2020.,
Description:	200 p. ;21 cm.
Notes:	"First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.
Subject:	Dark tourism - Fiction. -
Subject:	Vietnam - Fiction - Description and travel -
ISBN:	9781640094161

The disaster tourist : = a novel /
Yun, Ko-ŭn,1980-

The disaster tourist :a novel /Yun Ko-Eun ; translated from the Korean by Lizzie Buehler. - 1st Counterpoint ed. - Berkeley, California :Counterpoint,c2020. - 200 p. ;21 cm.

"First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.

For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague. To forestall any disruption of business-as-usual, Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether Jungle should continue their partnership with the unprofitable destination. Yona travels to the remote island, whose major attraction is an underwhelming sinkhole, a huge disappointment to the customers who've paid a premium. Soon Yona discovers the resort's plan to fabricate a catastrophe in the interest of regaining their good standing with Jungle--and the manager enlists Yona's help. Yona must choose between the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life, or the possibility of a fresh start in a powerful new position. As she begins to understand the cost of the manufactured disaster, Yona realizes that the lives of Mui's citizens are in danger--and so is she.

In English, translated from the Korean

ISBN: 9781640094161US16.95Subjects--Topical Terms:

3579438
Dark tourism
--Fiction.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

3579436
Vietnam
--Description and travel--FictionIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

3520203
Black humor.

LC Class. No.: PL994.96.K65 / P3613 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 895.73/5

The disaster tourist : = a novel /
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