Violets
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Description
'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha
'Strange and gripping' Guardian
San is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre.
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.
But over the course of one summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash co-worker, aggressive customers and an enigmatic magazine photographer. Fuelled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she dares, briefly, to dream of connection in an unforgiving world.
Translated by Anton Hur
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Personally it’s more like 3 1/2 stars to me! It took me some time to get into it but it was once again a deeply feministic book that found me, in more than one way. Even though I oftentimes do not agree with the words/actions, or more like the utter lack of words/actions, I really understand the way of thinking from the MC. Really interesting book!
Description
'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha
'Strange and gripping' Guardian
San is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre.
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.
But over the course of one summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash co-worker, aggressive customers and an enigmatic magazine photographer. Fuelled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she dares, briefly, to dream of connection in an unforgiving world.
Translated by Anton Hur
Book Information
Posts
Personally it’s more like 3 1/2 stars to me! It took me some time to get into it but it was once again a deeply feministic book that found me, in more than one way. Even though I oftentimes do not agree with the words/actions, or more like the utter lack of words/actions, I really understand the way of thinking from the MC. Really interesting book!