{"product_id":"lemon-9781635423310","title":"Lemon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Month \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Translation of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads: \u003c\/i\u003eBest International Crime Novel of the Year \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e in this piercing psychological portrait of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, eighteen-year-old Kim Hae-on is killed in what becomes known as the High School Beauty Murder. Two suspects quickly emerge: rich kid Shin Jeongjun, whose car Hae-on was last seen in, and delivery boy Han Manu, who witnessed her there just a few hours before her death. But when Jeongjun's alibi checks out, and no evidence can be pinned on Manu, the case goes cold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seventeen years pass without any resolution for those close to Hae-on, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shifting between the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-on's classmates struck in different ways by her otherworldly beauty, \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e ostensibly takes the shape of a crime novel. But identifying the perpetrator is not the main objective here: Kwon Yeo-sun uses this well-worn form to craft a searing, timely exploration of privilege, jealousy, trauma, and how we live with the wrongs we have endured and inflicted in turn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635423310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Kwon Yeo-Sun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42223244279989,"sku":"9781635423310","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b22e13d1-5cf3-483c-bedc-8f84cb2956f6.jpg?v=1655780338","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lemon-9781635423310","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}