{"product_id":"violets-9781558612907","title":"Violets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBy Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, \"a moving delve into a lonely psyche\" that follows a neglected young woman's search for human connection in contemporary Seoul (YZ Chin).\u003c\/b\u003eSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city center. Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life--painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Korea.Over the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash coworker, quiet farmers, and aggressive customers. Fueled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she plunges headfirst into obsession with a passing magazine photographer.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eViolets, \u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Kyung-Sook Shin explores misogyny, erasure, and repressed desire, as San desperately searches for both autonomy and attachment in the unforgiving reality of contemporary Korean society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKyung-Sook Shin\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of South Korea's most widely read and acclaimed novelists. She has been awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize, the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Dong-in Literature Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Prize, and many others, including France's Prix de l'Inaperçu. Shin is the author of multiple books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Wrote Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI'll Be Right There\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Court Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling \u003cem\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in over forty countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Hur\u003c\/strong\u003e has won the PEN Translates and PEN\/Heim grants for literary translation. His other work includes the English translations of Sang Young Park's \u003cem\u003eLove in the Big City\u003c\/em\u003e (Grove) and Bora Chung's \u003cem\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/em\u003e (Honford Star). He resides in Seoul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615471046930,"sku":"9781558612907","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a35a2cae-d602-4eb7-9428-238455600e89.jpg?v=1732489679","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/violets-9781558612907","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}