{"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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shin, Kyung-Sook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558612907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Kyung-Sook Shin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39728700588107,"sku":"9781558612907","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_7da7667f-0fbe-401f-b28a-4db8469b37aa.jpg?v=1649170286","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/violets-9781558612907","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}