Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
WINER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE
When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom?
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.Kyung-sook Shin is one of South Korea's most widely read and recognized novelists, having written multiple works of fiction. The Manhae Literature Award, the Dong-in Literature Prize, and the Yi Sang Literary Prize, as well as France's Prix de l'Inapercu, have all been bestowed upon her. Please Look After Mom is her debut English-language book, and it will be released in nineteen countries. She lives in Seoul and is currently a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9788936433673 |
| ISBN 10 | 8936433679 |
| Title | Please Look After Mom |
| Author | Kyung-Sook Shin |
| Series | Changbi Sosolson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Changbi/Tsai Fong Books |
| Year published | 2008-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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