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Saha

A Novel

by Cho Nam-Joo ...

Translated by Jamie Chang ...

The much-anticipated follow-up to the multi-million-copy international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Saha is a piercing battle cry for the dispossessed.In a country called Town, Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer is presumed to come from the Saha Estates.Town is the safest and richest nation on earth, controlled by a secretive organization of seven ministers. It is a ... Read more

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The much-anticipated follow-up to the multi-million-copy international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Saha is a piercing battle cry for the dispossessed.In a country called Town, Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer is presumed to come from the Saha Estates.Town is the safest and richest nation on earth, controlled by a secretive organization of seven ministers. It is a
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

by Cho Nam-Joo ...

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The runaway bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the most important book to have come out of South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.Kim Jiyoung is the most common name for Korean women born in the 1980s.Kim Jiyoung is representative of her generation:At home, she is an unfavoured sister to her princeling little brother.In primary school, ... Read more

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The runaway bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the most important book to have come out of South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.Kim Jiyoung is the most common name for Korean women born in the 1980s.Kim Jiyoung is representative of her generation:At home, she is an unfavoured sister to her princeling little brother.In primary school,
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Simple Heart

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by Cho Haejin ...

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**“Simple Heart will make you cry. Its emotion is stunning and pure.” —The Globe and MailBefore she was named Nana by the French couple who adopted her as a child, she was Esther Pak, a girl growing up in a Korean orphanage. And before she was Esther Pak, she was Munju, a small child abandoned on the railway tracks in Seoul.**Nana has no memories of the first three or four years of her life, no ... Read more

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**“Simple Heart will make you cry. Its emotion is stunning and pure.” —The Globe and MailBefore she was named Nana by the French couple who adopted her as a child, she was Esther Pak, a girl growing up in a Korean orphanage. And before she was Esther Pak, she was Munju, a small child abandoned on the railway tracks in Seoul.**Nana has no memories of the first three or four years of her life, no
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Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

by Cho Nam-Joo ...

Translated by Jamie Chang ...

Searing stories that critique the gender pressures and injustices rife in modern Korea from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982Eight women. Eight stories. One reality.A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, ... Read more

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Searing stories that critique the gender pressures and injustices rife in modern Korea from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982Eight women. Eight stories. One reality.A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved,
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Concerning My Daughter

by Kim Hye-jin ...

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The Prize-winning International BestsellerWhen a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they want for their child: a steady income, and, even better, a good husband with a good job with whom to start a family.But when Green turns up with her girlfriend Lane in tow, her mother is unprepared and unwilling to welcome Lane ... Read more

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The Prize-winning International BestsellerWhen a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they want for their child: a steady income, and, even better, a good husband with a good job with whom to start a family.But when Green turns up with her girlfriend Lane in tow, her mother is unprepared and unwilling to welcome Lane
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Counsel Culture

by Kim Hye-jin ...

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From prize-winning Korean author Kim Hye-jin comes the contemplative, superbly-crafted story of a woman scapegoated by sudden tragedy, and the unexpected paths she must wander in search of redemption.Haesoo is a successful therapist and regular guest on a popular TV program. But when she makes a scripted negative comment about a public figure who later commits suicide, she finds herself ostracized ... Read more

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From prize-winning Korean author Kim Hye-jin comes the contemplative, superbly-crafted story of a woman scapegoated by sudden tragedy, and the unexpected paths she must wander in search of redemption.Haesoo is a successful therapist and regular guest on a popular TV program. But when she makes a scripted negative comment about a public figure who later commits suicide, she finds herself ostracized
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Employee No. 9

by Kim Hye-jin ...

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When the company where he's worked for thirty years threatens layoffs, a mid-level IT manager faces financial ruin. Tasked with selling internet services in the countryside, he confronts the harsh realities of corporate life and must choose between staying in a broken system or dismantling it.Employee No. 9, a middle-aged middle manager, is in trouble. His son is off to college, his wife has taken ... Read more

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When the company where he's worked for thirty years threatens layoffs, a mid-level IT manager faces financial ruin. Tasked with selling internet services in the countryside, he confronts the harsh realities of corporate life and must choose between staying in a broken system or dismantling it.Employee No. 9, a middle-aged middle manager, is in trouble. His son is off to college, his wife has taken
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Saha

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by Cho Nam-Joo ...

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From the internationally bestselling author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 comes this chilling dystopian fable for fans of Netflix’s Squid Game.A National Book Award Finalist hailed as “a social treatise as well as a work of art” (Alexandra Alter, New York Times), Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 announced Cho Nam-Joo as a major literary talent. In her signature sharp prose, brilliantly translated by Jamie Chang ... Read more

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From the internationally bestselling author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 comes this chilling dystopian fable for fans of Netflix’s Squid Game.A National Book Award Finalist hailed as “a social treatise as well as a work of art” (Alexandra Alter, New York Times), Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 announced Cho Nam-Joo as a major literary talent. In her signature sharp prose, brilliantly translated by Jamie Chang
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The Clock Spa

by Jung-min Kwon ...

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A whimsical story about time, love, and self-care; when a busy mom turns into a clock, her daughter discovers that even grown-ups need rest.A young girl is used to reminders about minutes, schedules, and being on time—especially from her mom. One night, she wishes to stop hearing about time forever, and the next day, her wish has come true. . . almost. Her mother turned into a big blue clock!With ... Read more

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A whimsical story about time, love, and self-care; when a busy mom turns into a clock, her daughter discovers that even grown-ups need rest.A young girl is used to reminders about minutes, schedules, and being on time—especially from her mom. One night, she wishes to stop hearing about time forever, and the next day, her wish has come true. . . almost. Her mother turned into a big blue clock!With
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Concerning My Daughter

by Kim Hye-jin ...

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The Prize-Winning International Bestseller'I can't help but be moved by a story about women meeting, fighting, helping each other, looking after one another, and raising their voices against the prejudice and criticism they are subject to.'Cho Nam-joo, author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982When a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers ... Read more

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The Prize-Winning International Bestseller'I can't help but be moved by a story about women meeting, fighting, helping each other, looking after one another, and raising their voices against the prejudice and criticism they are subject to.'Cho Nam-joo, author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982When a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers
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Simple Heart

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by Cho Haejin ...

Narrated by Jean Yoon ...

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5 hours 38 min

**“Simple Heart will make you cry. Its emotion is stunning and pure.” —The Globe and MailBefore she was named Nana by the French couple who adopted her as a child, she was Esther Pak, a girl growing up in a Korean orphanage. And before she was Esther Pak, she was Munju, a small child abandoned on the railway tracks in Seoul.**Nana has no memories of the first three or four years of her life, no ... Read more

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**“Simple Heart will make you cry. Its emotion is stunning and pure.” —The Globe and MailBefore she was named Nana by the French couple who adopted her as a child, she was Esther Pak, a girl growing up in a Korean orphanage. And before she was Esther Pak, she was Munju, a small child abandoned on the railway tracks in Seoul.**Nana has no memories of the first three or four years of her life, no
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On the Line

A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union

by Daisy Pitkin ...

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“Riveting and intimate. It is hard to imagine a more humanizing portrait of the American labor movement. A remarkable debut.”—Francisco Cantú, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Becomes a RiverOn the Line takes readers inside a bold five-year campaign to bring a union to the dangerous industrial laundry factories of Phoenix, Arizona. Workers here wash hospital, hotel, and restaurant ... Read more

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“Riveting and intimate. It is hard to imagine a more humanizing portrait of the American labor movement. A remarkable debut.”—Francisco Cantú, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Becomes a RiverOn the Line takes readers inside a bold five-year campaign to bring a union to the dangerous industrial laundry factories of Phoenix, Arizona. Workers here wash hospital, hotel, and restaurant
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