I went to see my father : a novel
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Author
Contributors
Hur, Anton, translator.
Published
New York : Astra House, [2023].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Port Angeles - New Books - Fiction - New Books Shelves | SIN Kyŏn | Checked Out | May 15, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Astra House, [2023].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"In the wake of a personal tragedy, a novelist goes back home in the Korean countryside to take care of her gentle father and learns, through the testimonies of his loving family and friends, how his lifelong kindness belies a past wrought in both private and national trauma"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. After finding a check of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her father's past, and reconstructs her family. Her father's life spiraled after the civil war, and now Hon learns the whole trust of her father's affair and involvement in a religious sect and her family's financial hardships. -- adapted from jacket
Language
In English, translated from the Korean.