And an invitation, to the kind of book I wish I could read again for the first time. Please Look After Mother. [Daughter] Chi-hon’s voice is the novel’s most distinct, but Father’s is the most devastating. Please try again. The premise was good, the message was present, the story line fell flat. The novel’s language—so formal in its simplicity—bestows a grace and solemnity on childhood scenes that might otherwise be overwrought. A terrific novel that stayed with me long after I’d finished its final, haunting pages. Please Look After Mom is her first book to appear in English. unless you renew or “That is exactly the point I have been making for years. She points to one program designed to train the “next-generation translators specializing in Korean literature,” called the Translation Academy. “That is exactly the point I have been making for years. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2014. The Korea Times, which sponsors an annual Korean literature translation prize to promote better quality translations, goes further. Its residents will give you reasons to laugh, cry, and rejoice. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Release Date: April 5, 2011 Imprint: Vintage ISBN: 9780307595492 Language: English Download options: EPUB 2 (Adobe DRM) It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This item has a maximum order quantity limit. This story was really moving. Boaz Meets Ruth … 6 The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. 4 likes. . Meanwhile, one of Hyong-chol's flyers leads a passing woman to say that he saw someone who looked like Mom in front of the Yongsan 2-dong office, that the woman and Mom had the same eyes, that the woman was wearing blue plastic sandals and had an injured foot. The Album: A Steamy Rock Star Romance (Cruise Control Book 1), Sunsets & Second Chances (South Carolina Sunsets Book 2), Fireflies & Family Ties (South Carolina Sunsets Book 3), The Restaurant (The Nantucket Restaurant series Book 1), “Shin’s novel, her first to be translated into English, embraces multiplicity. Kyung-Sook Shin, A Concise History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present. Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2014. Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2014. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The book itself was kinda small, making the font size a little tough to read at times, but overall I have no complaints. . . Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016. . She was the first woman to be awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize (for Please Look After Mom), and she has also been honored with the Manhae Literature Prize, the Dong-in Literature Prize, and the Yi Sang Literary Prize, as well as France’s Prix de l’Inaperçu. Please try again. You eat breakfast, then it’s lunch, and then it’s dinner, and when it’s bright again it’s breakfast again.…” ― Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom. 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 Mom? . It is easy to see the source of this global popularity, for not only is Shin’s absorbing novel written with considerable grace and suspense, but she also has managed to tap into a universality: the inequitable relationship between a mother and her children.” —Bookpage “An arresting account of the misunderstandings that can cloud the beauty of the affection and memories that bind two very different generations. 7 She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.” 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Please Look After Mom is her first book to appear in English. If you are a mother, a son, a daughter or a husband, this will be a tear-jerker for you. She was born as mom. Secrets are revealed, and the heart of a mother is beautifully exposed. A touching story that effectively weaves the rural, ages-old lifestyle of a mother into the modern urban lives of her children.” —Newark Star-Ledger “Here is a deeply felt journey into a culture foreign to many—yet with a theme that is universal in its appeal. . And yet, through the four perspectives, the story of a life is told, the stories of several lives with all their interconnections and misinterpretations are told, leaving the reader with an authentic picture of a family. Honestly feel that the translator did a great job as the writing style never felt nothing less than smooth. Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2014. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. . . This is your gentle warning, dear reader. Our book group is partly native Germans and partly immigrant others. There were 12 of us gathered for our monthly international book group discussion. If you have questions about your account, please Until you saw her running to your uncle like that, it hadn't dawned on you that she was a human being who harbored the exact same feeling you had for your own brothers, and this realization led to the awareness that she, too, had had a childhood. . Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016. In spite of knowing that Mom was wearing sandals of a different color when she went missing, Hyong-chol travels to the Yongsan office. Kyung-Sook takes the stories of a mom and her kids and her husband and weaves until a carpet of missed opportunity, misunderstanding, and miscommunication is formed under everyone's feet. Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2014. Every mom, that is.” –Richmond Times-Dispatch“Here is a wonderful, original new voice, by turns plangent and piquant. Questions punctuate [the] narrative and lead to a cascade of revelations, discoveries that come gradually. 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