{"product_id":"simple-heart-9781635425819","title":"Simple Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this moving exploration of dual identities reminiscent of \u003ci\u003ePast Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, a writer's pregnancy raises questions about her own childhood abandonment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNana, a Korean-born playwright, was adopted as a child and raised in France by her adoptive parents. Pregnant with the child of her ex-boyfriend, Nana receives a request from a Korean filmmaker who wishes to make a documentary about her life. Following a sudden compulsion to learn more about her roots, she heads to Seoul as she prepares to bring a new life into the world. There, through unexpected encounters, the dark threads of her memory gradually begin to unravel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimple Heart \u003c\/i\u003edelves into profound questions about identity and belonging, with a focus on family connections and motherhood that recalls Kyung-Sook Shin's \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/i\u003e. It also shines a necessary light on issues such as international adoption and the historic US military presence in Korea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCho Haejin \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. After earning a master's degree in Korean literature, she began her writing career in 2004 with the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eMunye Joongang\u003c\/i\u003e. Since then, her work has been recognized as testament to the existence and lives of those on the margins of Korean society and those forgotten by history, and have won several prominent literary awards in Korea, including the Shin Dong-yup Literary Award, Young Writer's Award, Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, Hyungpyeong Literary Award, and Dong-in Literary Award. \u003ci\u003eSimple Heart\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of both the Daesan Literary Award, a leading literary award in Korea, and the Kim Man-jung Literary Award, and has been published in eight countries. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eI Met Loh Kiwan\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted to film under the title \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Loh Kiwan\u003c\/i\u003e and released on Netflix in 2024. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamie Chang\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning literary translator. Her translation of \u003ci\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 \u003c\/i\u003ewas long-listed for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature. She is the recipient of the Daesan Foundation Translation Grant and a three-time recipient of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea Grant. She lives in Ontario, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986419187986,"sku":"9781635425819","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f605531-ab34-4547-bf54-8b5979fddfb3.jpg?v=1769591355","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simple-heart-9781635425819","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}