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The End of August

By Yu Miri

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The End of August

By Yu Miri

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From the National Book Award winning author, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation. In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he would have had to run under the Japanese flag. Nearly a century later, his granddaughter is living in Japan and training to run a marathon herself. She summons Korean shamans to hold an intense, transcendent ritual to connect with Lee Woo-cheol. When his ghost appears, alongside those of his brother Lee Woo-Gun, and their young neighbor, who was forced to become a comfort woman to Japanese soldiers stationed in China during World War II, she must uncover their stories to free their souls. What she discovers is at the heart of this sweeping, majestic novel about a family that endured death, love, betrayal, war, political upheaval, and ghosts, both vengeful and wistful. A poetic masterpiece that is a feat of historical fiction, epic family saga, and mind-bending story-telling acrobatics, The End of August is a marathon of literature.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
710
Release Date:
2024-07-30
Publication Date:
2025-02-27
Publisher:
Penguin LLC US
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0593542673
ISBN13:
9780593542675
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
674 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
226 cm
Thickness:
39 cm
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