Drifting House |
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| Author:
| Lee, Krys |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-4784-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2012 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.99 |
Book Description:
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Spanning Korea and the United States from the postwar era to today, Krys Lee illuminates a people torn between the traumas of their collective past and the indignities and sorrows of their present. This stunning debut collection includes tales of children escaping famine in North Korea who must make unthinkable sacrifices to survive, and immigrants to America living an unmoored existence in cramped apartments and Koreatown strip malls.
Spanning Korea and the United States from the postwar era to today, Krys Lee illuminates a people torn between the traumas of their collective past and the indignities and sorrows of their present. This stunning debut collection includes tales of children escaping famine in North Korea who must make unthinkable sacrifices to survive, and immigrants to America living an unmoored existence in cramped apartments and Koreatown strip malls.