
Please Look After Mother: The million copy Korean bestseller
WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE
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 wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mother?
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.
'Kyung-Sook Shin's tale... has hit a nerve' Guardian
'A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood' New York Times Book Review
'The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel' Wall Street Journal
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781474621687 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Shin, Kyung-Sook | |
| PUBLISHER : Orion Publishing Co | PUBLICATION DATE : January 13, 2022 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 240 g
SERIES : W&N Essentials
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WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE
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 wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mother?
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.
'Kyung-Sook Shin's tale... has hit a nerve' Guardian
'A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood' New York Times Book Review
'The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel' Wall Street Journal
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781474621687 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Shin, Kyung-Sook | |
| PUBLISHER : Orion Publishing Co | PUBLICATION DATE : January 13, 2022 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 240 g
SERIES : W&N Essentials
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items











