TY - BOOK AU - Junghyuk, Kim, AU - So-Young,Kim TI - The library of musical instruments: stories T2 - Library of Korean Literature SN - 9781628971514 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 895.735 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Victoria, TX PB - Dalkey Archive Press KW - novel N2 - "The second short-story collection by Kim Jung-hyuk, the author of Penguin News, features a total of eight short stories, including "Syncopation D" which won the 2nd Kim You-jeong Literary Award in 2008. They represent the many sounds sampled by the author when he recorded over 600 kinds of musical instruments. Like instruments coming together in a symphony, the stories combine to make an opus consisting of variations on a theme. While the stories begin in an upbeat fashion and work to a crescendo, they end with notes in a minor key filling the vacuum. The Library of Musical Instruments is a collection to contemplate on more than one occasion."-- ER -