{"product_id":"violets-book-kyung-sook-shin-9781558612907","title":"Violets","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Barrios Book in Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, \"a moving delve into a lonely psyche\" that follows a neglected young woman's search for human connection in contemporary Seoul (YZ Chin).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city center. Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life--painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash coworker, quiet farmers, and aggressive customers. Fueled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she plunges headfirst into obsession with a passing magazine photographer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ci\u003eViolets,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan\u003ebest-selling author Kyung-Sook Shin explores misogyny, erasure, and repressed desire, as San desperately searches for both autonomy and attachment in the unforgiving reality of contemporary Korean society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50328388305169,"sku":"CIN1558612904VG","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50486810575121,"sku":"GOR013965806","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50988566937873,"sku":"NIN9781558612907","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51417222938897,"sku":"CIN1558612904G","price":4.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1558612904.jpg?v=1751055762","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/violets-book-kyung-sook-shin-9781558612907","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}