Shoko's Smile
Author(s): Choi Eunyoung
In crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eunyoung paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In 'A Song from Afar', a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, travelling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In 'Secret', the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother. In the tradition of Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, and Marilynne Robinson - writers from different cultures who all take an unvarnished look at human relationships and the female experience - Choi Eunyoung is a writer to watch.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : John Murray Press
- : John Murray Publishers Ltd
- : 0.3
- : 01 January 2021
- : 2 Centimeters X 13.6 Centimeters X 21.5 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Choi Eunyoung
- : Paperback
- : 2106
- : en
- : 895.735
- : 256