{"product_id":"9781941920343","title":"Vaseline Buddha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If someone in the future asks in frustration, 'What has Korean literature been up to?' we can quietly hand them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVaseline Buddha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" — Pak Mingyu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA tragicomic odyssey told through free association scrubs the depths of the human psyche to achieve a higher level of consciousness equal to Zen meditation. The story opens when our sleepless narrator thwarts a would-be thief outside his moonlit window, then delves into his subconscious imagination to explore a variety of geographical and mental locations—real, unreal, surreal—to explore the very nature of reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJung Young Moon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 2005 alum of Iowa's International Writing Program, is one of South Korea's most award-winning, eccentric, and handsome authors, often compared to Kafka and Beckett.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771910422759,"sku":"Fiction: South Korea","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/81kTYJ69E7L._SY342.jpg?v=1770397577","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9781941920343","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}