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Shoko's Smile : Stories
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A bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers. In crisp, unembellished prose, Eun-young Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In "A Song from Afar," a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, traveling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In "Secret," the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother.
In the tradition of Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, and Marilynne Robinson--writers from different cultures who all take an unvarnished look at human relationships and the female experience--Choi Eunyoung is a writer to watch.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780143135265
  • ISBN-10: 0143135260
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: June 2021
  • Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.48 pounds
  • Page Count: 272

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