Mijeong / Byun Byung-Jun.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Publication details: New York, NY : ComicsLit, c2009.Description: 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 1561635545
- 9781561635542
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book
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Main Library | YA Graphic Novel | Byun, Byung-Ju | Available | 33111005675919 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In Byung-Jun's remarkably-drawn graphic novel, young people's lives cross and spark for brief moments in a cold urban landscape. Wounded characters, squashed by the hard realities of their daily urban life, find ways to keep their inner flames shining bright and wild. From the girl who deals sensitively with an older man obsessed by youth, to the group of friends who find one of them has committed suicide, this engrossing collection of stories will transfix and deeply move readers.
"A manhwa graphic novel"--Cover.
Mijeong -- Yeon-du, seventeen years old -- Utility -- A song for you -- 202, Sinil Villa -- Courage, grandfather! -- A short tall tale.
"In Chinese, 'Mijeong' means 'pure beauty.' In the cold city, young people's lives cross and spark for brief moments in this remarkably drawn graphic novel. Wounded characters, squashed by the daily hard realities of urban living seeing their destinies take sudden unannounced turns but their inner flames shine bright and wild, even for a brief time. From the girl who deals sensitively with an older man obsessed by youth to the group of friends who find their friend has committed suicide but feel they might get implicated, this engrossing collection of stories will transfix and move you deeply" -- p. [4] of cover.