{"product_id":"9781911547549","title":"Winter in Sokcho","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Shua Dusapin, Elisa, Abbas Higgins, Aneesa, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/02\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 128 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Daunt Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Daunt Books,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781911547549\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North's watchtowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an authentic Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls, and cross into North Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows - the gaudy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother works. As she's pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings, she strikes upon a way to finally be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exquisitely-crafted debut, which won the Prix Robert Walser, Winter in Sokcho is a novel about shared identities and divided selves, vision and blindness, intimacy and alienation. Elisa Shua Dusapin s voice is distinctive and unmistakable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35023126266009,"sku":"9781911547549","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781911547549_3d217923-2d66-49ba-ad8d-c67c7998a5cb.jpg?v=1601407410","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781911547549","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}