DD's Umbrella by Hwang Jungeun, translated by e. yaewon
A delicate and arresting queer novel from one of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary writers. As formally inventive as it is evocative, dd’s Umbrella is composed of twin novellas. The first is told from the perspective of d, and the second from the perspective of a writer researching a book they may never write. Both figures dwell in society’s margins—queer, working-class, and part of nontraditional family structures.
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Pressed by Tilted Axis Press, an independent publisher dedicated to contemporary literature by the Global Majority, translated into or written in a variety of Englishes.