Yongsoo Park

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Yongsoo Park is a Korean American writer who has authored the novels Boy Genius ( ISBN   1888451246) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and Las Cucarachas ( ISBN   1888451564), [6] the essay collection The Art of Eating Bitter: A Hausfrau Dad's Journey with Kids ( ISBN   1720767505), and the memoir Rated R Boy: Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens ( ISBN   1654216747). [7]

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Critical reception

Kathleen Alcala, while being interviewed about magical realism for Margin, described Boy Genius as being among "the most subversive magical realism". [8]

References

  1. Manus, Wilard. "Boy Genius" . Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  2. Anders, Charlie (May 19, 2016). "11 Novels So Amazing, You Can't Tell What Genre They Are" . Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. Lim, Eugene. "Eugene Lim:American classics that influenced Dear Cyborg" . Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. Deznermio, Raul. "Interview with Yongsoo Park" . Retrieved May 1, 2005.
  5. Muse, Project. "Excerpt from Boy Genius via Azalea" . doi:10.1353/aza.2014.0007. S2CID   201783786 . Retrieved June 25, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Sawhney, Hirsh (July 2004). "A View from Queens" . Retrieved July 25, 2004.
  7. Park, Yongsoo (March 12, 2020). Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens. ISBN   978-1654216740.
  8. Alcala, Kathleen. "Exploring Modern Magical Realism" . Retrieved July 1, 2014., Kathleen Alcala