{"product_id":"9781474623568","title":"Violets : From the bestselling author of Please Look After Mother","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shin, Kyung-Sook \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSouth Korea\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 March 2024 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 19 | 202g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dreamy, immersive and evocative' TLS'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha'Strange and gripping' GuardianSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life - painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut over the course of one summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash co-worker, aggressive customers and an enigmatic magazine photographer. Fuelled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she dares, briefly, to dream of connection in an unforgiving world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Anton Hur\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55665423745400,"sku":"9781474623568","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781474623568.jpg?v=1789734537","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781474623568","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}