Please Look After Mom - A Novel
Verlag | Penguin Random House |
Auflage | 2012 |
Seiten | 288 |
Format | 10,6 x 17,5 x 2 cm |
Gewicht | 146 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0307948978 |
EAN | 9780307948977 |
Bestell-Nr | 30794897EA |
Die beeindruckende und tief bewegende Geschichte einer Familie auf der Suche nach ihrer Mutter, die eines Nachmittag mitten in den Menschenmassen der U-Bahn von Seoul spurlos verschwindet.
Klappentext:
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 Mom?
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.