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020			_a9781555977665 (paperback)
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100	0		_a Yujoo, Han, _d1982- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe impossible fairy tale : _ba novel / _cHan Yujoo ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong.
264		1	_aMinneapolis, Minnesota : _bGraywolf Press, _cc2017.
300			_a214 p. ; _c21 cm
520			_a"The Impossible Fairy Tale is the story of two unexceptional grade-school girls. Mia is "lucky"--she is spoiled by her mother and, as she explains, her two fathers. She gloats over her exotic imported color pencils and won't be denied a coveted sweater. Then there is the Child who, by contrast, is neither lucky nor unlucky. She makes so little impression that she seems not even to merit a name. At school, their fellow students, whether lucky or luckless or unlucky, seem consumed by an almost murderous rage. Adults are nearly invisible, and the society the children create on their own is marked by cruelty and soul-crushing hierarchies. Then, one day, the Child sneaks into the classroom after hours and adds ominous sentences to her classmates' notebooks. This sinister but initially inconsequential act unlocks a series of events that end in horrible violence. But that is not the end of this eerie, unpredictable novel. A teacher, who is also this book's author, wakes from an intense dream. When she arrives at her next class, she recognizes a student: the Child, who knows about the events of the novel's first half, which took place years before. The Impossible Fairy Tale is a fresh and terrifying exploration of the ethics of art making and of the stinging consequences of neglect." -- Publisher's website
650		0	_aGirls _vFiction.
650		0	_aBullying in schools _vFiction.
650		0	_aKorean fiction _xTranslations into English.
700	1		_aHong, Janet, _etranslator.
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