The disaster tourist
Yun, Ko-ŭn, 1980-2020
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For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague. To forestall any disruption of business as usual, Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether Jungle should continue their partnership with the unprofitable destination. Yona travels to the remote island, whose major attraction is an underwhelming sinkhole, a huge disappointment to the customers who've paid a premium. Soon Yona discovers the resort's plan to fabricate a catastrophe in the interest of regaining their good standing with Jungle-and the manager enlists Yona's help. Yona must choose between the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life or the possibility of a fresh start in a powerful new position. As she begins to understand the cost of the manufactured disaster, Yona realizes that the lives of Mui's citizens are in danger-and so is she.
Main title:
The disaster tourist / Yun Ko-eun ; translated by Lizzie Buehler.
Author:
Yun, Ko-ŭn, 1980-, authorBuehler, Lizzie, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd, 2020.©2020
Collation:
186 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Korean.
ISBN:
9781788163149 (hbk)
Dewey class:
895.735
Language:
EnglishKorean
Subject:
BRN:
395596