{"product_id":"bluebeards-first-wife-9781948830171","title":"Bluebeard's First Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Book of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDisasters, accidents, and deaths abound in \u003ci\u003eBluebeard's First Wife\u003c\/i\u003e. A woman spends a night with her fianc  and his friends, and overhears a terrible secret that has bound them together since high school. A man grows increasingly agitated by the noise made by a young family living in the apartment upstairs and arouses the suspicion of his own wife when the neighbors meet a string of unlucky incidents. A couple moves into a picture-perfect country house, but when their new dog is stolen, they become obsessed with finding the thief, and in the process, neglect their child. The paranoia-inducing, heart-quickening stories in Ha's follow-up to the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eFlowers of Mold\u003c\/i\u003e will have you reconsidering your own neighbors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHa Seong-nan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five short story collections--including \u003ci\u003eBluebeard's First Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlowers of Mold\u003c\/i\u003e--and three novels. Over her career, she's received a number of prestigious awards, such as the Dong-in Literary Award in 1999, Hankook Ilbo Literary Prize in 2000, the Isu Literature Prize in 2004, the Oh Yeong-su Literary Award in 2008, and the Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award in 2009. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJanet Hong\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator based in Vancouver, Canada. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsia Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eKorea Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other translations include Han Yujoo's \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Fairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and Ancco's \u003ci\u003eBad Friends\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676972028178,"sku":"9781948830171","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa8dc770-3ad1-4c5c-977f-854ef4b0ed8d.jpg?v=1733887768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bluebeards-first-wife-9781948830171","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}