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English(English) E-Book

Drifting House

About the E-Books

Author
Krys Lee
Co-Author
-
Translator
-
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Year
2012
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > English and American literatures

Original Title
Drifting House
Romanization of Original
Drifting House
Original Language

English(English)

ISBN
9781101571972
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

  • Krys Lee
  • Birth : - ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Krys
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 크리스 리
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 0
About the Original Work
  • Drifting House
  • Author : Krys Lee
  • Published Year : 2012
  • English Title : Drifting House
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

An unflinching portrayal of the Korean immigrant experience from an extraordinary new talent in fiction.
Spanning Korea and the United States, from the postwar era to contemporary times, Krys Lee's stunning fiction debut, Drifting House, illuminates a people torn between the traumas of their collective past and the indignities and sorrows of their present.

In the title story, children escaping famine in North Korea are forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to survive. The tales set in America reveal the immigrants' unmoored existence, playing out in cramped apartments and Koreatown strip malls. A makeshift family is fractured when a shaman from the old country moves in next door. An abandoned wife enters into a fake marriage in order to find her kidnapped daughter.

In the tradition of Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker and Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, Drifting House is an unforgettable work by a gifted new writer.

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