I'll Be Right There - Softcover

Kyung-sook Shin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590516737 ISBN 13: 9781590516737

Publisher: Other Press, 2014

Synopsis

Set in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I'll Be Right There follows Jung Yoon, a highly literate, 20-something-year-old woman, as she recounts her tragic personal history as well as those of her three intimate college friends. When Yoon receives a distressing phone call from her ex-boyfriend after eight years of separation, memories of a tumultuous youth begin to resurface, forcing her to re-live the most intense period of her life.

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Review:

'Draws a tender group portrait in Seoul of a quartet of students united by the wave of protests that in 1980 followed the Kwangju Uprising against the American-backed military dictatorship. This pivotal period underlies the hopes and dreads of fragile young folk adrift in a city "tangled as a spider's web", but consoled by mutual affection, poetry, and the perennial beauties of nature.' - The Independent

'Shin can suggest profound implications in restrained detail, and though the story ends in tragedy, her frequent references to both Eastern and Western literature testify to the duty to hope and to survive.' - Publisher's Weekly

'Kyung-sook Shin is the woman behind best-selling novel Please Look After Mom. Her latest read is set in 1980s South Korea amid political revolt and follows a 20-something woman who's forced to come to terms with her traumatic past.' - Summer's best beach and holiday reads in --The Stylist

'A haunting story of adolescent entanglements that will speak to readers everywhere.' - --The Independent

Book Description:

A stunning, brand new novel from the author of PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER

About this edition

• Publisher: Other Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1590516737
• ISBN 13: 9781590516737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320