Description
| Product ID: | 9781529376043 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Shoko's Smile |
| Authors: | Author: Choi Eunyoung |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Short stories, Short stories, Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | A bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers In crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eunyoung paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In ''A Song from Afar'', a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, travelling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In ''Secret'', the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother. |
| Imprint Name: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | John Murray Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-06-09 |
