Edition |
First Vintage contemporaries edition |
Descript |
254 pages 21 cm |
Note |
Originally published in slightly different form in South Korea as "Ŏmma rŭl put'ak hae" by Changbi Publishers, Pʻaju-si Kyŏnggi-do, in 2008 |
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"This translation published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... in 2011"--Title page verso |
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When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. 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? Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love. -- Amazon.com |
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Follows the efforts of a family to find the mother who went missing from Seoul Station and their sobering realizations when they recall memories that suggest she may not have been happy |
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Man Asian Literary Prize, 2011 |
Subject |
Mödrar
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Familjer
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Försvunna personer
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Mothers -- Fiction
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Families -- Fiction
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Missing persons -- Fiction
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Sacrifice -- Fiction
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Families.
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Missing persons.
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Mothers.
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Sacrifice.
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Sydkorea
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Seoul (Korea) -- Fiction
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Korea (South) -- Seoul.
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Fiction.
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Fiction.
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Classmark |
895.735 SIN
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Alt Auth |
Kim, Chi-Young
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Translation |
Ŏmma rŭl put'ak hae. Engelska
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ISBN/ISSN |
9780307739513 (paperback) |
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