Showing results for "Korean" in Genre Fiction

From the bestselling author of Almond, The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office in this witty, humane, and ultimately transformative story of a group of young workers who rebel against the status quo. Jihye is an ordinary woman who has never been extraordinary. In her administrative job at the...

North Korea's deadliest weapon is sleeper agent Song Sun Young. Married with children and living the good life in New York City, she has waited seven years to activate the mission she was trained to do: infiltrate America's financial infrastructure. She prays the call from her handlers will never come, because she loves her husband and kids and affluent New York lifestyle. But the call does come. During volatile negotiations between the White House and Pyongyang, Song is hurled back into a reality she had hoped to leave behind forever.

Brought to you by Penguin. A heart warming and irresistible novel about the rejuvenating power of pottery, for fans of Before The Coffee Gets Cold and What You Are Looking For Is In The Library. She rubbed the spoiled clay with her fingertips. Like a wound as it heals, the traces faded, and had...

Brought to you by Penguin. The unforgettable novel from Booker International Prize winner Han Kang, author of The Vegetarian. In this compelling and beautifully-patterned novel, Han Kang tells the interwoven stories of a Greek instructor who is losing his sight and a woman who refuses to speak...

THE RECORD-BREAKING KOREAN DARK-ROMANCE SENSATION When hunger consumes you, what can be left of morality? HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD ACROSS 10 LANGUAGES 'An instant cult classic. You have to read it' HARPER'S BAZAAR 'If Parasite takes a wide angle, Hunger uses a tight shot' ARTREVIEW 'Ambitious...

The bestselling debut novel for fans of PACHINKO and HOMEGOING 'A rich, sweeping novel' EMMA NANAMI STRENNER 'Spellbinding' KARISSA CHEN 'A fierce and mythic family saga' SILVIA PARK Honey in the Wound follows a mysteriously gifted lineage of Korean women as they are displaced across Asia by...

Bloomsbury presents Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, read by Rosa Escoda. **AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK WOMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK 'An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms will adore'...

The thrilling high-concept Korean bestseller about conforming to society's standards. HAPPINESS IS ALWAYS A CHOICE Youngah is a warm-hearted schoolteacher - always smiling, always yielding. She bends her life to everyone else's rules. But deep inside, this endless restraint is killing her. An...

Brought to you by Penguin. They’ve never met, but this is the way it is supposed to be: they belong to each other. Lonely college student Minnie feels invisible until she stumbles upon HOURglass: America’s new K-pop boyband obsession. Soon she is memorising the lyrics to every song and...

Brought to you by Penguin. AN UPLIFTING AND HEALING GIFT OF A BOOK THAT ASKS - WOULD YOU TRADE YOUR LIFE FOR ANOTHER ONE? On the first day of the monsoon an old ramshackle building appears. This is The Rainfall Market. Inside you will find magical bookstores, hairdressers, perfumeries and...

Brought to you by Penguin. A dessert from the Hwawoldang is a ticket to a new life . . . Welcome to Hwawoldang, the pastry shop where every delicious bite comes with satisfaction for both the mouth and the soul . . . When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, the proprietor of...

Brought to you by Penguin. A sweeping story of three generations of women who cross continents and decades to find truth, forgiveness and compassion. Incheon, 1985. A nameless baby is born in a minbak in South Korea and vanishes nine days later. London, 2008. When tragedy strikes, Hana faces...

WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE 'An authentic, moving story that brings to vivid life the deep family connections that lie at the core of Korean culture' Gary Shteyngart 'Kyung-Sook Shin's tale... has hit a nerve' Guardian 'A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood' New York Times 'The...

Brought to you by Penguin. Two outsiders are drawn together in a powerful, emotionally gripping story of love and war – the debut novel from the author of Flashlight In 1955, a new student arrives at a small college in the Tennessee mountains. Chuck is shy, speaks English haltingly, and on the...

WINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations. Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Japanese Emperor, his life is...

Bloomsbury presents The Consultant by Im Seong-sun, read by Andrew Woo. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION 2024 'It's a clever book ... [Im Seong-sun] offers readers his razor-sharp observations on consumerism, capitalism and what it means to feel anonymous' M.W...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An epic journey into the heart of North Korea and the world’s most mysterious dictatorship. “Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which [Adam] Johnson is painting here.”—The...

Brought to you by Penguin. **Soon to be a major Netflix TV series, starring Gong Yu and Seo Hyun-jin** Read the pageturning Korean feminist thriller for fans of KIM JIYOUNG BORN 1982, CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and YELLOWFACE. ‘So this is the world we live in, where even spouses can be rented’...

'Bound to tug at your heart strings' ELIZA CHAN 'A top-tier historical fantasy' SHELLEY PARKER-CHAN 'A historical K-drama brought to life on the page' JUNE HUR 'A sweeping, romantic tale about reforging your own destiny' JIHYUN YUN A tale of star-crossed lovers, political intrigue and mysticism...

What if you could turn the pages of your own life, like the pages of your favourite book? Step into the magical and uplifting world of THE MOON GLOW BOOKSHOP - the Korean sensation for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and DallerGut Dream Department Store Hidden down a quiet alley, glowing...