{"product_id":"violets-tpb-w2-korean","title":"Violets: From the bestselling author of Please Look After Mother [2022] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Anton Hur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mesmerising, dreamlike and prescient in its sharpness and attentiveness to the dynamics between women and the male and female gaze' \u003cb\u003eSharlene Teo, author of \u003ci\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly beautiful, VIOLETS explores the toll of abandonment and relentless marginalisation' \u003cb\u003eFrances Cha, author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Had Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eViolets\u003c\/i\u003e lavishes attention on the kind of person who often slips through the cracks, unseen or ignored. There is a beauty and a bravery in speaking for small lives' \u003cb\u003eRowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of \u003ci\u003eHarmless Like You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eHas a way of seeing past the smooth surface of societal appearance and into the fragile, obscure psychological space that lies just beneath' \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Kleenman, author of \u003ci\u003eSomething New Under the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intimate portrait of isolation and unspoken desire. Darkly poetic, dreamlike and meditative' \u003cb\u003eAdelle Stripe, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Teeth and a Brilliant Smile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Korea, 1970. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSan is a lonely child, ostracised from her community. She soon finds a friend in a girl called Namae, until one afternoon changes everything. Following a moment of intimacy in a minari field, Namae violently rejects San, setting her on a troubling path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe next meet San, aged twenty-two, when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre. Over the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San is introduced to a curious cast of characters - the mute shop owner, a brash co-worker, kind farmers and aggressive customers - and fuelled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she plunges headfirst into obsession with a passing magazine photographer. Throughout it all, San's moment with Namae continues to linger in the back of her mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of thwarted desire, misogyny and erasure, \u003ci\u003eViolets \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the high stakes involved in one woman's desperate search for both autonomy and attachment in an unforgiving society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shin, Kyung-Sook \u0026 Hur, Anton","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42276977279161,"sku":"9781474623551","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50069606334803,"sku":"XV81474623551","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/shin-kyung-sook-hur-anton-violets-from-the-bestselling-author-of-please-look-after-mother-2022-paperback-9781474623551-58540777111891.jpg?v=1736170492","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/violets-tpb-w2-korean","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}