{"product_id":"shokos-smile-stories-9780143135265","title":"Shoko's Smile: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143135265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Choi Eunyoung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418707685557,"sku":"9780143135265","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_51ea6a62-1ec4-44ac-95e3-c7eeb1ee9390.jpg?v=1775570233","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shokos-smile-stories-9780143135265","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}