{"product_id":"멜라닌","title":"Melanin","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eKorean Books Korean Bookstore Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMelanin\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date    July 25, 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages, Weight, Size    312 pages | 430g | 150*210*14mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN13    9791172130879\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnanimous Support from All Judges!\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 29th Hankyoreh Literary Award in 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My skin is blue, and my mother is Vietnamese. I don't know which is more of a problem.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wretchedness of a world confronted amidst discrimination and contempt\u003cbr\u003eNevertheless, the boy grows up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hankyoreh Literary Award, established in 1996 and long beloved by readers, with past winners including Shim Yoon-kyung's \"My Beautiful Garden,\" Park Min-gyu's \"The Last Fan Club of Sammy Superstars,\" Choi Jin-young's \"The Name of the Girl Who Passed You By,\" Jang Kang-myung's \"Bleaching,\" Kang Hwa-gil's \"The Other Person,\" Park Seo-ryun's \"Chae Gong-nyeo Kang Ju-ryong,\" and Kim Hee-jae's \"Tank,\" publishes its twenty-ninth award-winning work, \"Melanin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong 240 submissions, \"Melanin\" was the only work to receive unanimous support from all judges and advance to the final round. After careful deliberation, the seven judges decided on \"Melanin\" as the winning work, citing \"the incredible detail of its immigration history,\" \"attractive prose and a sophisticated ending,\" and \"the protagonist boy's endearing charm.\" The award winner, author Ha Seung-min, worked in IT and finance before becoming a full-time writer in 2020. He dedicated eight hours a day to writing 3,000 characters and, through meticulous research and reporting, ultimately won the Hankyoreh Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Melanin\" is a coming-of-age novel about a Korean-Vietnamese biracial boy born with blue skin who experiences diasporic situations through immigration to the United States. The process by which a being treated as the lowest class in society due to skin color and race experiences daily discrimination and contempt from school friends, teachers, and neighbors unfolds intricately intertwined with historical events such as the 9\/11 attacks, school shootings, and the impeachment of a Korean president. It is a work that highlights the boy's struggle to ultimately maintain human dignity and love despite experiences of loss where those who cherished and protected him die or move far away. Novelist Kim Geum-hee cited \"Melanin's\" appeal as its ability to \"meticulously craft the story of a boy in political and economic contexts, yet suddenly transport us to a dreamlike, fantastic, and poignant realm.\" Literary critic Seo Young-in commented that \"Melanin\" \"allows us to imagine a community that must coexist with a new humanity born out of clear misfortune,\" and novelist Pyeon Hye-young praised it, saying, \"Through 'Melanin,' Korean fiction has gained another impressive proper noun that points to discrimination and hatred.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI immerse myself in the deepest part of the lake and swim. I time how long I can hold my breath and test how deep I can dive. When I forcefully exhale the breath I held, stars are sprinkled across the black sky, and white clouds drift with the wind. Chloe takes a sip of the alcohol she brought in a paper bag, and Selma giggles while taking our picture. I change the skin color in the photo to rainbow colors. I change the skin color of everyone we know to blue. We giggle loudly once more. _Page 279\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate4605\/MidCate004\/460439665.jpg\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate4605\/MidCate004\/460439665.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"서점","offers":[{"title":"Melanin","offer_id":44848411443434,"sku":"멜라닌","price":23.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0320\/3632\/3464\/files\/660f9f9dc631141723f539f535d637b2.png?v=1732083478","url":"https:\/\/kmall09.com.au\/en\/products\/%eb%a9%9c%eb%9d%bc%eb%8b%8c","provider":"KMALL09","version":"1.0","type":"link"}