{"product_id":"9780143135265","title":"Shoko's Smile","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn crisp, unembellished prose, Eun-young Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In \"A Song from Afar,\" a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, traveling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In \"Secret,\" the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother. \u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, and Marilynne Robinson--writers from different cultures who all take an unvarnished look at human relationships and the female experience--Choi Eunyoung is a writer to watch.","brand":"Choi Eunyoung","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48438380658900,"sku":"9780143135265","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_55827bbe-76ce-4107-9a13-1ad5ebfba79a.jpg?v=1786147216","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780143135265","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}