A BEST OF THE MONTH SELECTION BY OPRAH MAGAZINEAN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2021"An eminent South Korean talent makes her American début in this poignant watercolor of a novel . . . Kim is a writer on the move." —O, The Oprah MagazineAe-ran Kim's My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times....

“A moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its joys and disappointments . . . an utter delight.” *—*Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever HadAe-ran Kim's My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times.A...

Blue is Sumi’s first ever pet. She adopted him in 2016. Blue Binky is based on the story of Blue’s adoption. There were about forty bunnies waiting to be adopted at the adoption center. All of them except for Blue were too scared to meet strangers. When Blue bravely came close to Sumi, she knew that he chose her to be his family. Blue is still brave. He is very social, and he loves when Sumi’s friends come to visit. He also has two other fluffy and feathery friends—Tyger and Ipuni, which m...

Religion and Spirituality in Korean America examines the ambivalent identities of predominantly Protestant Korean Americans in Judeo-Christian American culture. Focusing largely on the migration of Koreans to the United States since 1965, this interdisciplinary collection investigates campus faith groups and adoptees. The authors probe factors such as race, the concept of diaspora, and the ways the improvised creation of sacred spaces shape Korean American religious identity and e...

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE #1 KOREAN INSTANT BESTSELLER AND PRIZEWINNERDiscover the original and uplifting sensation for fans of CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and KLARA AND THE SUN**From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it.Coli is special among AI robots. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion.Today, Coli is f...

The industrialisation and modernisation in South Korea that followed the Second World War resulted in rapid progress in economic development, public administration, social service provision and the establishment of modern public policy.Bringing together outstanding researchers, this book is the first to examine the theory and practice of policy analysis in South Korea. The volume explores the historical development of policy analysis, and procedures for decision making at different...

"Postmodernism is alive and well in Kyung-Ran Jo’s latest . . . Blowfish is a book to chew on and savor, a deft delve into the intricacies of love and art."**—Michael Welch, Chicago Review of BooksFor readers of Han Kang and Sheila Heti, an atmospheric, melancholic novel about a successful sculptor who decides to commit suicide by artfully preparing and deliberately eating a lethal dish of blowfish.**Blowfish is a postmoder...

'If you wanted to end your life instantly, perfectly, you needed practice and preparation.'A sculptor and architect cross paths once in Seoul, and they meet again in Tokyo.The sculptor has decided she is going to die. She is learning to prepare a fatal serving of blowfish. This was how her grandmother killed herself, in front of her husband and child. Delicate, artful but with a sense of guaranteed finality.The architect's life has been mar...

THE #1 KOREAN INSTANT BESTSELLER AND PRIZEWINNERDiscover the original and uplifting sensation for fans of CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and KLARA AND THE SUN‘Engaging, touching, subtly disturbing’ K-Lit Review‘A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions’ Kim Bo-young‘A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without ...

“Mother is Mother, Daughter is Daughter”- A self-recovery guide for all mothers and daughters by a psychoanalytic expert- How mothers can reclaim their lives as an independent women and human beingsWhy do mothers turn more to their daughters than sons when feeling upset or distressed? Why do mothers look upon their happily married daughters with not just pride but a hint of jealousy? Why do daughters, when thinking about their mothers, feel gratitude as well as guilt...

These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s–2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families, lives and psyches of Korean women, men, and children.In the earliest of the stories, Pak Wan-so, considered the elder stateswoman of contemporary Korean fiction, opens the door into two "I...

Book Two in the LOST SOULS series of a young man with special powers to connect the living with the afterlife. For fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR____The much-anticipated follow-up novel to Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon picks up seven years later with go-between Ayumi, a young man caught between the demands of everyday life and his extraordinary gift: reuniting the living with the dead.