Violets

"San, a neglected young woman, experiences the violence and isolation of late twentieth-century Korean society"--

About the author

Kyung-Sook Shin is one of South Korea's most widely read and acclaimed novelists. She has been awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize, the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Dong-in Literature Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Prize, and many others, including France's Prix de l'Inaperçu. Shin is the author of multiple books, including The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness, I'll Be Right There, The Court Dancer, and the New York Times-bestselling Please Look After Mom, which has been published in over forty countries.
Anton Hur has won the PEN Translates and PEN/Heim grants for literary translation. His other work includes the English translations of Sang Young Park's Love in the Big City (Grove) and Bora Chung's Cursed Bunny (Honford Star). He resides in Seoul.

Product details

• Authors: Kyung-Sook Shin, Kyong-Suk Sin
• Assisted by: Anton Hur (Translation)
• Publisher: The Feminist Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781558612907
• ISBN: 978-1-55861-290-7
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature