Showing results for "Jung" in Literary Fiction

An excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. Not her. Not her three sisters. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. She is a good girl. And she knows what good girls must do.

Gisela liebt Sprüche. Ihr Lieblingsspruch lautet: Es gibt mehr Leute, die kapitulieren, als solche, die scheitern. Als Hausverwalterin hat Gisela mehr als einen Kampf ausgefochten – und dabei manches erreicht. Doch nun ist sie alt, ihr Mann ist tot, die Familie streitet um das Erbe. Nur auf ihren Stiefsohn Andreas kann sie sich immer verlassen. Doch auch der hat es nicht einfach. Von seiner Frau lebt er getrennt, der gemeinsame Sohn chillt, und geschäftlich läuft ebenfalls nicht alles nach Wunsch.

“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin Lee A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a...

“Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George Saunders A Most Anticipated Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and The Millions A wry, tender portrait of a young...

""If You Leave Me is graced with truly wonderful writing; great poise, lyricism, intelligence, and an utterly engrossing portrayal of life.""—Richard Ford ""An unforgettable story of family, love, and war set against the violent emergence of modern Korea.""—Gary Shteyngart ""A gripping...

“With Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha has taken a dark moment in Los Angeles’s violent history and cracked it wide open, creating a prism of understanding—of the pull of generational violence and its enduring devastation, but also of the power of human grace against all odds. It’s a...

On a beautiful Pennsylvania fall morning, a gunman holds college freshman Yoona Lee and three of her classmates hostage in the claustrophobic confines of their dorm room. The desperate man with his finger on the trigger - Yoona's onetime friend, Lloyd Kang - is unraveling after a mysterious accident in Korea killed his closest friend, Jaesung, who was also the love of Yoona's life.

"This splendid story collection is a sword through the heart."--Ben Fountain From the O. Henry Prize-winning author comes a heartbreakingly beautiful and brutal exploration of lives fragmented by the Pacific side of World War II. Spanning more than 150 years, and set in multiple locations in...

Dans le quartier du Montparnasse à Paris, Elsa, Marie et Guillaume se croisent sans le savoir. Si le jour, leur quotidien les éloigne, le soir, tous trois affrontent une même peur de la nuit. Elsa se réfugie dans le bus pour éviter la violence de la rue, Marie, qui vient de quitter Brest, multiplie les gardes à l'hôpital pour combler son vide sentimental, et Guillaume retarde la fermeture de son bar afin de fuir la solitude. C'est au détour d'un Lavomatic, d'un irish pub ou par le biais d'une annonce sur Leboncoin qu'ils finiront par se trouver.

Zwölf Episoden über Menschen und ihre Einrichtungsversuche. Mint und Hellblau gegen ein bedrohliches Außen, Gemütlichkeitsrituale gegen Panikattacken, die perfekt geputzte Küche als pseudo-sakraler Raum. Geschichten über wackelige Lebensfundamente und sanierungsbedürftige Innenräume, über skurrile, vereinsamte und verunsicherte Menschen, die in ihren kleinen Paralleluniversen Überlebenskämpfe mit sich und ihrer unmittelbaren Umgebung ausfechten.

Despite the heavy clumsiness of her lines, the Aorai handled easily in the light breeze, and her captain ran her well in before he hove to just outside the suck of the surf. The atoll of Hikueru lay low on the water, a circle of pounded coral sand a hundred yards wide, twenty miles in circumference, and from three to five feet above high-water mark. On the bottom of the huge and glassy lagoon was much pearl shell, and from the deck of the schooner, across the slender ring of the atoll, the divers could be seen at work.