Description
From the internationally acclaimed author of One Hundred Shadows and I'll Go On Years and Years opens with the elderly Yi Sunil, devoted housewife and mother of three, making her annual pilgrimage to a remote village in South Korea to visit her grandfather's grave--likely for the final time. What follows is a multigenerational exploration of desires thwarted by societal obligations and mores for the women in this family.
Sejin, the middle child, keeps her sexuality closeted, while her older sister, Yeongjin, finds herself financially responsible for the rest of the family, forcing her to give up on her personal dreams. Meanwhile, the youngest, Mansu, leaves the family for New Zealand, where he is free to pursue his own career and life, ironically supported by the sacrifices of his mother and sisters.
Tracing the lives of the family's three women, Years and Years exposes the ways in which, despite the empathy we harbor for our loved ones, we inevitably trap one another in particular roles, while also illuminating our resolve to carry on through the constraints of time and tradition.
Author: Jungeun Hwang
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 06/18/2024
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781960385000
ISBN10: 1960385003
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | Korea
- Fiction | Women
Sejin, the middle child, keeps her sexuality closeted, while her older sister, Yeongjin, finds herself financially responsible for the rest of the family, forcing her to give up on her personal dreams. Meanwhile, the youngest, Mansu, leaves the family for New Zealand, where he is free to pursue his own career and life, ironically supported by the sacrifices of his mother and sisters.
Tracing the lives of the family's three women, Years and Years exposes the ways in which, despite the empathy we harbor for our loved ones, we inevitably trap one another in particular roles, while also illuminating our resolve to carry on through the constraints of time and tradition.
Author: Jungeun Hwang
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 06/18/2024
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781960385000
ISBN10: 1960385003
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | Korea
- Fiction | Women
About the Author
Born in 1976, Hwang Jungeun is one of the bright young things of Korean literature, having published two collections of short stories and three novels to date. One Hundred Shadows (2010), her first novel, was both a critical and commercial success; its mix of oblique fantasy, hard-edge social critique, and offbeat romance garnered the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award and the Korean Booksellers' Award.