{"product_id":"shoko-s-smile-9780143135265b","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":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42827294572624,"sku":"9780143135265B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780143135265-l.jpg?v=1785909624","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/shoko-s-smile-9780143135265b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}