The Republic of Uzupis (Library of Korean Literature)

By Haïlji

U?upis ("on the other side of the river") is, in reality, a neighborhood in Lithuania's capital city of Vilnius, which took the peculiar step of declaring itself an independent republic in 1997. In this novel, however, it is the lost homeland of a middle-aged man named Hal, who lands in Lithuania hoping to travel back to the town of his birth in order to bury his father's ashes there--in a place that might not really exist. In a literary tradition dominated by social realism, The Republic of U?upis is a unique work of melancholy, Murakami-esque whimsy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628970650
• ISBN13: 9781628970654
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher