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Gaby's Reviews : Please Look After Mom
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I'd read a review of Please Look After Mom in the New York Times. I was very excited to read and review the book when offered the chance through the Amazon Vine program. Written by one of South Korea's most widely read and highly respected authors, this is her first book translated into English.
Source : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/167586760?book_show_action=false&f...
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The Court DancerKyung-sook Shin
/2018Set 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... -
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The Girl Who Wrote LonelinessKyung-sook Shin
/2015Homesick 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... -
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Por favor, cuida de mamá [Kindle Edition]Kyung-sook Shin
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... -
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Cuentos coreanos del siglo XX [Kindle Edition]Hyeon Jin-Geon
/2004En 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... -
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I'll Be Right ThereKyung-sook Shin
/2014Set 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... -
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Please Look After Mom [Audio book]Kyung-sook Shin
/2011A 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... -
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Please Look After MomKyung-sook Shin
/2011A 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...
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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... -
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La danzatrice di Seul
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... -
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いま、私たちの隣りに誰がいるのか : Korean short stories
/ / /Japan/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction - Anthology of Contemporary Fiction2007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 -
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Kohtalo kuljettaa kuvankauniin korealaisnaisen kauas merten taakse Kyung-sook Shinin aistivoimaisessa historiallisessa romaanissa. Yi Jiniin rakastunut nuori ranskalainen diplomaatti on saanut... -
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Prašau, pasirūpink mama
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...
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10 knygų rudeniui: nuo alpinisto dienoraščio iki pasauliniais bestseleriais tapusių romanų bei trilerių
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. -
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Vertėjas Martynas Šiaučiūnas-Kačinskas: „Ne žmonės renkasi Korėją, o Korėja renkasi žmones“
„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,... -
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Koreya nəsrindən iki nümunə haqqında qeydlər - Bədirxan Əhmədovun yazısı
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... -
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After K-pop, translated Korean books are now the latest obsession — here are the top Korean authors you should read right now
From K-pop girl groups to the trend-setting runways of Seoul Fashion Week, South Korea has the world transfixed with their unique take on arts and culture. With more than 80 literary works set to be translated and published in 22 languages, Korean authors are now set to spark plenty of buzz in 2019... -
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The virtue of sacrifice showcased in popular stories
Please Look After Mom by the South Korean writer Kyung-sook Shin opens with a family in disarray. Travelling from their home in the Korean countryside to visit their now-grown children in Seoul, an ageing couple find themselves separated from each other in a busy subway station
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Book concert at Bookstores in Finland
2015/06/09 to 2015/06/10Tapaa Etelä-Korean luetuin ja ylistetyin kirjailija Kyung-sook Shin! Shin vierailee Suomessa 7.–11. kesäkuuta 2015. Hän esiintyy Gaudeamus Kirja & Kahvissa (Vuorikatu 7, Helsinki) tiistaina 9. kesäkuuta kello 15.30 ja Pienessä Kirjapuodissa (Yliopistonkatu 28, Turku) keskiviikkona 10. kesäkuuta... -
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The London Book Fair
2014/04/07 to 2014/04/11This year’s London Book Fair, held from April 8-10 at Earls Court, was an exciting occasion for the Korean publishing and literary community, with Korea being showcased as the Market Focus country for 2014. The London Book Fair Korea Market Focus programme consisted broadly of two different types:... -
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Essay Contests on Korean Literature for Overseas Readers
2012/05/01 to 2012/09/30In 2012, seventeen Essay Contests on Korean Literature for the Overseas Readers were held in sixteen countries on various assigned works of Korean literature. Having stared with contests in only three countries in 2005, the contest has expanded substantially, and this year, the contest was open,... -
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LTI Korea: Japan Forum
2012/11/16 to 2012/11/17The LTI Korea Japan Forum was held in Tokyo and Osaka from Novemver 16th to 17th, This event was co-hosted by both the Korean Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Osaka. The forum was sponsored by the leading Japanese... -
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Berlin International Literature Festival
2012/09/09 to 2012/09/14Dispatch of novelist Shin Kyung-sook in the biggest international literature festival in Germany, held every autumn in Berlin, assistance in holding reading and discussion sessions.
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Det skulle kunna vara din familj
/SwedenJul 11, 2012Hur 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...
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Homa Sharifmousavi's Reviews : Please Look After Mom
/U.S.A.Jul 24, 2014The 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...
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Kirsty's Reviews : Please Look After Mother
/U.S.A.Apr 22, 2018I 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...
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Jackie's Reviews : Please Look After Mom
/U.S.A.Feb 3, 2011Kyung-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
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Walt's Reviews : Please Look After Mom
/U.S.A.Jun 11, 2011This 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...