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Zusatztext This stunning literary novel is a page turner about family! belonging and making commitments you can live by Informationen zum Autor Jung Yun is a graduate of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her work has appeared in Tin House ! The Best of Tin House: Stories and The Massachusetts Review . In 2011! her short story 'The Strange Genius of American Men' received an honourable mention for the Pushcart Prize. In 2010! she was awarded an Artist's Fellowship in fiction from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Klappentext 'I read the greater part of Jung Yun's Shelter in a fourteen-hour sitting! interrupted by only five hours of sleep' Los Angeles Times Kyung Cho is a young father! the child of Korean parents! married to the daughter of an Irish cop. Despite his promising career! he and his wife Gillian have always lived beyond their means. Now their bad decisions are catching up with them! and Kyung is anxious for his family's future. A few miles away! his parents! Jin and Mae! live in their town's most exclusive neighbourhood. Growing up! they gave Kyung every possible advantage - expensive hobbies! private tutors - but little warmth. Kyung can hardly bear to see them now! much less ask for their help. Yet when an act of violence leaves Jin and Mae unable to live on their own! the family dynamic suddenly changes! and he decides to take his parents in. For the first time in years! the Chos find themselves under the same roof! where tensions quickly mount and old resentments rise to the surface. As Shelter veers swiftly towards its startling conclusion! Jung Yun leads us through dark and violent territory! where! unexpectedly! the Chos discover hope. In the tradition of House of Sand and Fog and The Ice Storm ! Shelter is a masterfully crafted novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and! in answer! delivers a story as riveting as it is profound. A gripping and involving debut novel that explores the legacy of violence, its reverberation across generations and what possibilities may endure for hope, redemption and healing. Zusammenfassung You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Kyung Cho owns a house that he can't afford. Despite his promising career as a tenure-track professor, he and his wife, Gillian, have always lived beyond their means. Now their bad decisions are catching up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future. A few miles away, his parents, Jin and Mae, live in the town's most exclusive neighbourhood. Growing up, they gave Kyung every possible advantage - expensive hobbies, private tutors - but they never showed him kindness. Kyung can hardly bear to see them now, much less ask for their help. Yet when an act of violence leaves Jin and Mae unable to live on their own, the dynamic suddenly changes, and he decides to take them in. For the first time in years, the Chos find themselves under the same roof where tensions quickly mount and old resentments rise to the surface. As Shelter veers swiftly towards its startling conclusion, Jung Yun leads us through dark and violent territory, where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. In the tradition of House of Sand and Fog and The Ice Storm , Shelter is a masterfully crafted first novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound. ...
