This Burns My Heart by Samuel Park
In this "extraordinary" (Chicago Tribune) and compelling love story set in postwar Korea in the 1960s, an unhappily married woman struggles to give her daughter a good life and to find love in a society caught between ancient tradition and change.On the eve of her marriage, beautiful and strong-willed Soo-Ja Choi receives a passionate proposal from a young medical student. But caught up in her desire to pursue a career in Seoul, she turns him away, having impetuously chosen another man who she believes will let her fulfill her dreams. Instead, she finds herself tightly bound by tradition and trapped in a suffocating marriage, her ambition reduced to carving out a successful future for her only daughter. Through it all, she longs for the man she truly loves, whose path she seems destined to cross again and again. In This Burns My Heart, Samuel Parks has crafted a transcendent love story that vibrantly captures 1960s South Korea and brings to life an unforgettable heroine.
Samuel Park was a creative writing associate professor at Columbia College Chicago. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his doctorate from the University of Southern California. He is the author of Shakespeare's Sonnets, a novella, and the writer-director of Shakespeare's Sonnets, a short film that was an official selection of many local and international film festivals. He's also the author of This Burning My Heart and The Caretaker, two novels. The New York Times published his nonfiction.
He splits his time between Chicago and Los Angeles, having been born in Brazil and reared in Los Angeles. Samuel Park died of stomach cancer in April 2017 at the age of forty-one, just a few months after finishing The Caretaker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439199626 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439199620 |
| Title | This Burns My Heart |
| Author | Samuel Park |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2012-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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