Please Look After Mother - Kyung-Sook Shin - diskuze

WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE''An authentic, moving story that brings to vivid life the deep family connections that lie at the core of Korean culture''Gary Shteyngart''Kyung-Sook Shin''s tale... has hit a nerve''Guardian''A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood''New York Times''The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel''Wall Street JournalWhen 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 Mother?Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.With an introduction by Banana YoshimotoA W&N Essential
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