Set during the dramatic final years of the Korean Empire, the new novel from Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin features a mysterious dancer caught up in the dizzying sweep of history. Based on a remarkable true story, the New York Times bestselling author of Please Look After Mom...

Homesick and alone, a teen-aged girl has just arrived in Seoul to work in a factory. Her family, still in the countryside, is too impoverished to keep sending her to school, so she works long, sun-less days on a stereo-assembly line, struggling through night school every evening in order to achieve...

Park So-nyo, una humilde campesina, ha sido durante toda la vida una abnegada madre de familia, una mujer que siempre lo ha sacrificado todo para dar una educación a sus hijos. Ahora, tras haberse perdido en la estación central de Seúl cuando iba a visitar a sus hijos a la ciudad, su búsqueda...

En su mayor parte, los últimos cien años de la literatura coreana han transcurrido entre el dolor y la violencia. Si bien la península se deshizo desus últimos vestigios feudales y accedió a la modernidad a partir de lacaída de la dinastía Choson (1392-1910), en las décadas siguientes...

Set in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I'll Be Right There follows Jung Yoon, a highly literate, twenty-something woman, as she recounts her tragic personal history as well as those of her three intimate college friends. When Yoon receives a distressing phone call from...

A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea—a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation—this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.Told through the...

A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea--a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation--this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.Told through the...

Nauja Man Asian literatūros premija apdovanoto romano „Prašau, pasirūpink mama" autorės knyga! Naujasis Man Asian literatūros premijos laimėtojos Shin Kyung-sook romanas nukelia į XIX amžiaus...

Seul, 1890. È solo una bambina orfana, Yi Jin, quando arriva come serva alla corte Joseon, ma c'è qualcosa in lei che smuove il cuore della regina. È per questo, per la sua fragilità di uccellino e...

子を亡くした夫婦の断絶と和解、クリスマスの残酷な破局、森の樹木の命の営み、孤独な都会人の心理、戦争で夫を亡くした美しき老婆、伝説的カメラマンをめぐる謎、命を捨てる男と不安に苛まれる男......。 現代韓国を代表する若手作家7人の、傑作短篇小説アンソロジー。 Source: https://www.amazon.co.jp

Kohtalo kuljettaa kuvankauniin korealaisnaisen kauas merten taakse Kyung-sook Shinin aistivoimaisessa historiallisessa romaanissa. Yi Jiniin rakastunut nuori ranskalainen diplomaatti on saanut...

Giliai kiekvienos šeimos širdy glūdi daugybė užmirštų pasiaukojimų. Kai pagrindinėje Seulo metro stotyje lyg į vandenį prapuola 69–erių Pak Sonjo, jos vyras ir vaikai nieko nelaukdami imasi paieškų...

"Quando penso a tutti i libri che mi restano da leggere, ho la certezza di essere ancora felice": così lo scrittore francese Jules Renard, consapevole del fatto che la vasta e molteplice foresta di libri ancora da esplorare rappresenta uno spazio di libertà e di felicità sempre a portata di mano e...

When French delegate Victor Collin de Plancy first meets Korean court dancer Yi Jin in the last years of the Joseon Dynasty, he is spellbound by her grace and beauty. When he greets her with “Bonjour,” he’s shocked when she responds in his language. Instinctively, he snaps a photo with a hidden...

Tai tikra istorija paremtas romanas. Prancūzijos pasiuntinys Kolenas de Plansi iš pirmo žvilgsnio įsimyli rūmų šokėją Ri Džinę ir, net žinodamas, jog ši iki gyvenimo pabaigos liks vergė, prisipažįsta karaliui apie savo jausmus ir gauna leidimą ją vesti.

„Perskaitęs paskutinį Shin Kyung-sook romano „Ri Džinė“ skyrių, buvau taip sukrėstas, kad dar ilgai sėdėjau lyg apdujęs, net nekilo mintis imtis epilogo. Tai ir buvo didžiausias iššūkis verčiant: kad lietuvis skaitytojas pajustų tai, ką jutau aš, skaitydamas knygą korėjietiškai. O kaip tai pavyko,...

Asiya xalqları ədəbiyyatı haqqında Azərbaycan oxucusunun təsəvvürü azdır, çünki Avropa ədəbiyyatından fərqli olaraq ədəbi mühitimiz Asiya xalqlarının ədəbiyyatına az maraq göstərir. Bu tendensiya sovet dövründən bugünə qədər davam edir. Uzun müddət dünya ədəbiyyatı altında Avropa və Amerika...

Hur väl känner vi våra föräldrar? Vet vi vilka personer de är egentligen, vilka de är förutom ens föräldrar? Känner vi till deras bakgrund, vad de ville bli, vad de blev och varför de blev dem som de blev? Känner vi till deras drömmar och förhoppningar? Och de som svarar ja, är ni verkligen...

The setting of the story is in Korea,the countryside where an old couple live and Seoul where their children live.Story starts with their mom missing because she accidentally parted from her husband on the trip they took to Seoul to celebrate their birthdays with their children.As the story...

I chose to read Kyung-Sook Shin's novel, Please Look After Mother, for the South Korea stop on my Around the World in 80 Books challenge. Please Look After Mother has sold almost 1.5 million copies in South Korea alone since its publication in 2009; the author is one of the country's most...

Kyung-sook Shin is a best selling Korean author who is finally in translation here in the States. And, oh my, how glad I am. Her writing is mesmerizing, deep and beautiful. She pushes the reader into the story by literally using referring to "you" as the narrating 
character. "You" are...

This novel about a Korean family cut and passed through me, stabbing me, penetrating my soul.

Yeah, that's the adjective I want to use, piercing. That word describes my thoughts about PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM by Kyung-sook Shin.

The novel's story, which recounts interactions and...