Please Look After Mother : The million copy Korean bestseller Paperback / softback
by Kyung-Sook Shin
Part of the W&N Essentials series
Paperback / softback
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WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE'An authentic, moving story that brings to vivid life the deep family connections that lie at the core of Korean culture'Gary Shteyngart'Kyung-Sook Shin's tale... has hit a nerve'Guardian'A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood'New York Times'The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel'Wall Street JournalWhen sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her.
Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mother?Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love. With an introduction by Banana YoshimotoA W&N Essential
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:13/01/2022
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- ISBN:9781474621687
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:13/01/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474621687