Szerző Kyung-Sook Shin

After losing her own daughter in a tragic accident, Hon returns to her childhood home in the Korean countryside to look after her elderly father.There, the discovery of a chest of letters compels her to piece together the violent, vibrant story of his…

South Korea, 1970. San 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…

Translated by Anton Hur'Mesmerising, dreamlike and prescient in its sharpness and attentiveness to the dynamics between women and the male and female gaze' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti'Darkly beautiful, VIOLETS explores the toll of abandonment and relentless…

When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to…

Amikor a 69 éves Szonjo (So-nyo) elszakad férjétől a szöuli metróállomás forgatagában, családja kétségbeesetten indul a keresésére. Mégis, ahogy a régóta lappangó titkok és a személyes sérelmek szépen lassan napvilágra kerülnek, mindenkiben felmerül…