Please Look After Mom
Overview
WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE - When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom?
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.
"A suspenseful, haunting, achingly lovely novel about the hidden lives, wishes, struggles and dreams of those we think we know best." --Seattle Times "Intimate and hauntingly spare.... A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood." --The New York Times Book Review
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307739513
- ISBN-10: 0307739511
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: April 2012
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 272