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Genre/Form: | War stories War fiction Romance fiction Historical fiction Fiction Love stories Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kim, Juhea. Beasts of a little land. New York, NY : Ecco, [2021] (DLC) 2021002242 |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Juhea Kim |
ISBN: | 9780063093577 006309357X |
OCLC Number: | 1233024547 |
Description: | 403 pages ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | Juhea Kim. |
Abstract:
1917. Deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. Over the course of half a century, in a world where friends become enemies, enemies become saviors, and heroes are persecuted, beasts take many shapes. A young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver's courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status. She befriends an orphan boy named JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets of Seoul. As they come of age, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence, and Jade becomes a sought-after performer with a new romantic prospect of noble birth. -- adapted from jacket
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"Beasts of a Little Land is a stunning chronicle of the Korean peninsula during the tumultuous decades leading to independence and partition. Told through the lives of a rich cast of characters-courtesans, Japanese generals, and revolutionaries-whose stories intertwine in the most unexpected ways, it is by turns political and sensual, epic and intimate. It is also a profound meditation on place; Kim evokes the urban and natural landscapes of Korea with transporting beauty. This novel will devastate you and then still you with its wise meditations on love and loss. I couldn't put it down." -- Alexis Schaitkin, author of <em>Saint X</em> "Elegant and wise, lush and immersive, Beasts of a Little Land is Tolstoyan in its sweep and ambition as it brings to life the Korean struggle against Japanese occupation and the making of a modern nation in the first half of the 20th century. Juhea Kim is a conjurer of rare ability whose magnificent debut utterly enchants." -- Keija Parssinen, author of <em>The Unraveling of Mercy Louis</em> Read more...


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