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Please Look After Mother scrap

Please Look After Mother

Author(s)
Shin Kyung-sook신경숙
Translator(s)
김지영Chi-Young Kim
Publisher
Weidenfeld NicolsonWeidenfeld Nicolson
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Language
English(English)
Year Published
2012
Category
Literary Fiction 순수소설
Target User
Adult 성인
Period
Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is the story of So-nyo, a wife and mother, who has lived a life of sacrifice and compromise. In the past she suffered a stroke, leaving her vulnerable and often confused. Now, travelling from the Korean countryside to the Seoul of her grown-up children, So-nyo is separated from her husband when the doors close on a packed train.

As her children and husband search the streets, they recall So-nyo’s life, and all they have left unsaid. Through their piercing voices, we begin to discover the desires, heartaches, and secrets she harboured within. And as the mystery of her disappearance unravels, we uncover a larger mystery, that of all mothers and children: how affection, exasperation, hope and guilt add up to love. Compassionate, redemptive and beautifully written, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER will reconnect you to the story of your own family, and to the forgotten sacrifices that lie at its heart.

Reference

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. " PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER", https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kyung-sook-shin/please-look-after-mother/9780753828182/. acessed 1 November 2024.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Shin Kyung-sook신경숙

PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is the story of So-nyo, a wife and mother, who has lived a life of sacrifice and compromise. In the past she suffered a stroke, leaving her vulnerable and often confused. Now, travelling from the Korean countryside to the Seoul of her grown-up children, So-nyo is separated from her husband when the doors close on a packed train. As her children and husband search the streets, they recall So-nyo’s life, and all they have left unsaid. Through their piercing voices, we begin to discover the desires, heartaches, and secrets she harboured within. And as the mystery of her disappearance unravels, we uncover a larger mystery, that of all mothers and children: how affection, exasperation, hope and guilt add up to love. Compassionate, redemptive and beautifully written, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER will reconnect you to the story of your own family, and to the forgotten sacrifices that lie at its heart.

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