{"product_id":"i-went-to-see-my-father-9781662601378","title":"I Went to See My Father","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom;\u003c\/i\u003e centering on a woman's efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. At first, her father only appears withdrawn and fragile, an aging man, awkward but kind around his own daughter. Then, after stumbling upon a chest of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her father's past and reconstructs her own family history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsumed with her own grief, Hon had been blind to her father's vulnerability and her family's fragility. Unraveling secret after secret and thanks to conversations with loving family and friends, Hon grows closer to her father, who proves to be more complex than she ever gave him credit for. After living through one of the most tumultuous times in Korean history, her father's life was once vibrant and ambitious, but spiraled during the postwar years. Now, after years of emotional isolation, Hon learns the whole truth, from her father's affair and involvement in a religious sect, to the dynamic lives of her own siblings, to her family's financial hardships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Hon uncovers about her father builds towards her understanding of the great scope of his sacrifice and heroism, and of his generation as a whole. More than just the portrait of a single man, \u003ci\u003eI Went to See My Father \u003c\/i\u003eopens a window onto humankind, family, loss, and war. With this long-awaited follow-up to \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom--\u003c\/i\u003eflawlessly rendered by award-winning translator Anton Hur--Kyung-Sook Shin has crafted an ambitious, global, epic, and lasting novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyung-Sook Shin is one of South Korea's most widely read and acclaimed novelists. She has been awarded the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Dong-in Literary Award, the Man Asian Literary Prize, and many others. Shin is the author of 8 novels, 8 short story collections, and 3 essay collections, including the \u003ci\u003eNYT\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been published in more than forty countries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATOR BIO: \u003c\/b\u003eAnton Hur was double-longlisted and shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize and has worked on several of Kyung-Sook Shin's books. He lives in Seoul.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641545003282,"sku":"9781662601378","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f54c592c-78eb-4c05-8e82-41244b892099.jpg?v=1733023587","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-went-to-see-my-father-9781662601378","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}