{"product_id":"violets-9781558612907","title":"Violets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBy Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, \"a moving delve into a lonely psyche\" that follows a neglected young woman's search for human connection in contemporary Seoul (YZ Chin).\u003c\/b\u003eSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city center. Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life--painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Korea.Over the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash coworker, quiet farmers, and aggressive customers. Fueled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she plunges headfirst into obsession with a passing magazine photographer.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eViolets, \u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Kyung-Sook Shin explores misogyny, erasure, and repressed desire, as San desperately searches for both autonomy and attachment in the unforgiving reality of contemporary Korean society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558612907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kyung-Sook Shin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614533820597,"sku":"9781558612907","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1b7e7323-0ff3-424b-a020-0b14ea8e7906.jpg?v=1644902066","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/violets-9781558612907","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}