The Disaster Tourist
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An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist engages with the global dialog around climate activism, dark tourism, and the #MeToo movement.
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.
In The Disaster Tourist, Korean author Yun Ko-eun grapples with the consequences of our fascination with disaster, and questions an individual's culpability in the harm done by their industry.
Author: 
Yun Ko-eun
Translator: 
Lizzie Buehler
Estimated Reading Time: 5 hrs. 54 min.Page Number: 208Publication Date: 4 August 2020First Publication Date: 11 October 2013Publisher: CounterpointOriginal Title: 밤의 여행자들ISBN: 9781640094161Country: United States of AmericaLanguage: İngilizceFormat: Karton kapak
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About the Author
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Yun Ko-eun, 1980 Seul doğumludur. Dongguk Üniversitesi’nde yaratıcı yazarlık eğitimi görmüştür. Deasan Edebiyat Ödülü’nü kazanarak edebiyat dünyasına ilk adımını atmıştır. 2008 yılında Hankyorek Edebiyat Ödülü’nü kazanmıştır. Üç öykü kitabı, Table for One, Aloha ve The Old Car and the Hitchhiker ile Zero G Syndrome ve Travelers of the Night adında iki romanı daha bulunmaktadır.
