‘The characters have the power of archetypes – they’ll haunt your dreams.
This makes the book very funny, but also deeply human This is real Rabelaisian stuff – grotesque bodies, violence, passion, decay and carnivalesque laughter. ‘Alongside the whirlwind plot, probably the riotous sense of humour. This is a hymn to restlessness and self-transformation. Cheon Myeong-Kwan’s vivid characters are foolish but wise, awful but endearing, and always irrepressible. ‘A carnivalesque fairytale that celebrates independence and enterprise, a picaresque quest through Korea’s landscapes and history, Whale is a riot of a book. ‘ Whale is a rollercoaster adventure through Korean history and culture, a magical and grotesque epic about life and death, liberty and self-fulfilment, dried fish and bricks.
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