Saha Mansion
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“I want to live properly, not just survive.” The most sensitive sensibility of our time, 'Jo Nam-ju' A tragic yet beautiful story of those who were rejected Author Nam-joo Cho, who set a new milestone for gender sensitivity in Korean society with “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” has returned with a new full-length novel, “Saha Mansion.” If "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982" recorded the present and reality of gender discrimination through the despair of women who had taken a break from their careers, "Saha Mansion" imagines the present and future of marginalized lives through the despair of those who have been rejected and are not embraced by development and growth. Set in a bizarre city-state born from a corporate takeover and a run-down mansion within it, "Saha Mansion" depicts a community of refugees who find themselves outside the national system. Those who have been looking for a mansion for 30 years are either 'returned' by the state or are not even allowed to 'enter', and those who have been rejected are called 'Saha'. The author delicately observes the shadows cast over their lives and cautiously predicts a future in which market logic dominates the public sphere. Although the setting is fictional, the city-state system and the feelings of fear, anxiety, despair, and frustration experienced by the people called 'Saha' are not unfamiliar. This work, which depicts the collapse of community and the birth of a new community fostered by the cutting-edge era, will confirm to readers who have been waiting for the author's path since "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982" why feminism is an ideology of earnest solidarity. In an age where alienation, exclusion, isolation, and disconnection are the default values of life, "Saha Mansion" will also bring us a sense of pride and relief at discovering the sensitive sensibility of Jo Nam-joo. |
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siblings
Saha Mansion
Room 701, Jinkyung
Room 214, Sarah
No. 201, 30 years ago
Room 201, Ia
No. 714, Suwa and Dogyeong
Room 305, Eun-jin, 30 years ago
Room 311, Grandma Kkotnim, 30 years ago
Room 311, Umi
Room 701, Jinkyung
Prime Minister's Office
Author's Note
Saha Mansion
Room 701, Jinkyung
Room 214, Sarah
No. 201, 30 years ago
Room 201, Ia
No. 714, Suwa and Dogyeong
Room 305, Eun-jin, 30 years ago
Room 311, Grandma Kkotnim, 30 years ago
Room 311, Umi
Room 701, Jinkyung
Prime Minister's Office
Author's Note
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“In a secretive and closed country where no one outside wants to leave, Saha Mansion is like the only passage or emergency exit.
--- p.33
“Who are we?
Who are we, neither native nor townspeople?
"If we live each day this diligently and faithfully, what will change? Who knows? Who will forgive me?"
--- p.51
“Don’t lose your mind.
“It would be a shame to come this far and just let it go.”
--- p.65
“This is just a huge company.
It's just that the company called Gongguk is growing in size.
“People who don’t have money can’t go to the hospital or raise their children, but the organizations that make money are putting money into someone’s pocket.”
--- p.70
“In the early days of the town’s independence, there were large-scale protests by L2 and Saha against the new government.
People called it a protest, a riot, or a revolution, but the inspiration called it the 'Butterfly Revolution.'
Somehow, it felt like the inspiration had been there at that time, but Jin-kyung couldn't ask.
And I thought.
Seriously, why can't we do something like that?"
--- p.79
“For Sarah, who was born and raised in Saha Mansion, the world was just that size, that much light and texture, that much difficulty.
But these days, Sarah is beginning to see a world beyond her.
“I was angry and resentful about many things I had taken for granted.”
--- p.112
“You can’t live in water without gills.
Even if the water is clean, warm, and safe, that's still the case.
“It’s like I can’t live at all.”
--- p.127
“There were many ambiguous alleys between the commercial buildings that were built without a plan.
The paths were connected by low walls and narrow gates, making them easy for children to run around but difficult for large adults to pass.
I could hear the sound of the shutter going down and the tired voices promising tomorrow.
“A dark, low, and deserted alley.”
--- p.130
“It wasn’t there.
I couldn't follow it.
So you always have to think about where the truth is.”
--- p.33
“Who are we?
Who are we, neither native nor townspeople?
"If we live each day this diligently and faithfully, what will change? Who knows? Who will forgive me?"
--- p.51
“Don’t lose your mind.
“It would be a shame to come this far and just let it go.”
--- p.65
“This is just a huge company.
It's just that the company called Gongguk is growing in size.
“People who don’t have money can’t go to the hospital or raise their children, but the organizations that make money are putting money into someone’s pocket.”
--- p.70
“In the early days of the town’s independence, there were large-scale protests by L2 and Saha against the new government.
People called it a protest, a riot, or a revolution, but the inspiration called it the 'Butterfly Revolution.'
Somehow, it felt like the inspiration had been there at that time, but Jin-kyung couldn't ask.
And I thought.
Seriously, why can't we do something like that?"
--- p.79
“For Sarah, who was born and raised in Saha Mansion, the world was just that size, that much light and texture, that much difficulty.
But these days, Sarah is beginning to see a world beyond her.
“I was angry and resentful about many things I had taken for granted.”
--- p.112
“You can’t live in water without gills.
Even if the water is clean, warm, and safe, that's still the case.
“It’s like I can’t live at all.”
--- p.127
“There were many ambiguous alleys between the commercial buildings that were built without a plan.
The paths were connected by low walls and narrow gates, making them easy for children to run around but difficult for large adults to pass.
I could hear the sound of the shutter going down and the tired voices promising tomorrow.
“A dark, low, and deserted alley.”
--- p.130
“It wasn’t there.
I couldn't follow it.
So you always have to think about where the truth is.”
--- p.329
Publisher's Review
A story of miserable people, the 21st century's "Les Misérables"
"Saha Mansion" is a story of miserable people written in 21st century language.
The novel, which consists of 12 chapters, has more than just one main character.
The story centers around a brother and sister who become murderers and enter Saha Mansion, but it also involves the lives of people who have lived in the mansion for 30 years, coming together like a collage to complete a single picture.
Do-kyung and his older sister, who killed the president who made their mother's fall into a suicide, the manager who crossed the border 10 years ago like siblings, Grandma Kkotnim who ran away after an accident while performing an abortion in her home country, Sara who was born without a right eye, Eun-jin who was born with an L2 but pursued her dream of becoming a childcare worker... ... The faces of the residents of Saha Mansion reveal the absurd reality that makes them inevitably become criminals, and "makes us reflect on the discrimination and hatred faced by the weak and minorities in our society." (Poet Kim Hyeon)
Brave New World Renewed as a Neoliberal Dystopia
The future Aldous Huxley foresaw was a horrific world where humanity was destroyed by the abuse of science and technology.
In this world where stable order is the highest value, emotions are suppressed and love is forbidden.
The 'Brave New World' as a dystopia is renewed in the form of a city-state, or 'town', in 'Saha Mansion'.
A town is made up of people with resident rights and people with residence rights.
The resident permit system is a deceptive system that restricts the qualifications for residency and exploits labor through the form of residence.
If the town is the safest, wealthiest, and highest quality of life in the world, then Saha Mansion is a community of people rejected by the town, people who do not fit the values of the town's "market" and are not even considered expendable.
This work, which “points simultaneously to the present and future of neoliberal dystopia, the truth and ideal of life” (literary critic Shin Saet-byeol), asks us what direction we should take by allowing utopia and dystopia to coexist.
■ The 'Community of Care' We've Lost
Even as the people of Saha Mansion are pushed out and held on, they don't think this is the end.
Rather than giving up, we are creating another perfect world outside the system by solving housing, labor, education, health, and medical systems on our own.
The children born in the mansion grow up and become adults, each resisting, dreaming, and doing their best to live in their own way, and one generation passes on to the next.
Saha Mansion in the work is the most difficult environment to live in, but the body temperature necessary for survival can only be found in Saha Mansion.
A welcoming community that unconditionally accepts those who cannot belong anywhere.
The town's only passage and emergency exit.
"Saha Mansion" is a "grisly yet beautiful science fiction" (written by Jeong Se-rang) that makes you want to live together until the end.
"Saha Mansion" is a story of miserable people written in 21st century language.
The novel, which consists of 12 chapters, has more than just one main character.
The story centers around a brother and sister who become murderers and enter Saha Mansion, but it also involves the lives of people who have lived in the mansion for 30 years, coming together like a collage to complete a single picture.
Do-kyung and his older sister, who killed the president who made their mother's fall into a suicide, the manager who crossed the border 10 years ago like siblings, Grandma Kkotnim who ran away after an accident while performing an abortion in her home country, Sara who was born without a right eye, Eun-jin who was born with an L2 but pursued her dream of becoming a childcare worker... ... The faces of the residents of Saha Mansion reveal the absurd reality that makes them inevitably become criminals, and "makes us reflect on the discrimination and hatred faced by the weak and minorities in our society." (Poet Kim Hyeon)
Brave New World Renewed as a Neoliberal Dystopia
The future Aldous Huxley foresaw was a horrific world where humanity was destroyed by the abuse of science and technology.
In this world where stable order is the highest value, emotions are suppressed and love is forbidden.
The 'Brave New World' as a dystopia is renewed in the form of a city-state, or 'town', in 'Saha Mansion'.
A town is made up of people with resident rights and people with residence rights.
The resident permit system is a deceptive system that restricts the qualifications for residency and exploits labor through the form of residence.
If the town is the safest, wealthiest, and highest quality of life in the world, then Saha Mansion is a community of people rejected by the town, people who do not fit the values of the town's "market" and are not even considered expendable.
This work, which “points simultaneously to the present and future of neoliberal dystopia, the truth and ideal of life” (literary critic Shin Saet-byeol), asks us what direction we should take by allowing utopia and dystopia to coexist.
■ The 'Community of Care' We've Lost
Even as the people of Saha Mansion are pushed out and held on, they don't think this is the end.
Rather than giving up, we are creating another perfect world outside the system by solving housing, labor, education, health, and medical systems on our own.
The children born in the mansion grow up and become adults, each resisting, dreaming, and doing their best to live in their own way, and one generation passes on to the next.
Saha Mansion in the work is the most difficult environment to live in, but the body temperature necessary for survival can only be found in Saha Mansion.
A welcoming community that unconditionally accepts those who cannot belong anywhere.
The town's only passage and emergency exit.
"Saha Mansion" is a "grisly yet beautiful science fiction" (written by Jeong Se-rang) that makes you want to live together until the end.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 28, 2019
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 372 pages | 464g | 135*195*23mm
- ISBN13: 9788937441257
- ISBN10: 893744125X
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