|
Showing 1 - 2 of
2 matches in All Departments
|
Lemon (Hardcover)
Kwon Yeo-Sun; Narrated by Greg Chun, Greta Jung; Translated by Janet Hong; Narrated by Jaine Ye
|
R391
Discovery Miles 3 910
|
Ships in 9 - 15 working days
|
A haunting literary crime debut from an award-winning Korean
author. THE SISTER: In the summer of 2002, my big sister Hae-on was
murdered. She was beautiful, intelligent, and only nineteen years
old. Two boys were questioned, but the case was never solved. Her
killer still walks free. THE CLASSMATE: In the summer of 2002, my
classmate Hae-on was murdered. She was haughty, spoilt, a typical
rich kid. But she didn't deserve to die. Even now, years later, I
can't stop thinking about her. Who would do such a thing? THE
FRIEND: In the summer of 2002, my friend Hae-on was murdered. The
culprit was never found, but I think I know who did it... At once a
gripping crime story and a fascinating dissection of class, gender
and privilege in contemporary Korea, Lemon is the must-read novel
of 2021.
|
Lemon (Paperback)
Kwon Yeo-Sun; Narrated by Greg Chun, Greta Jung; Translated by Janet Hong; Narrated by Jaine Ye
|
R282
R230
Discovery Miles 2 300
Save R52 (18%)
|
Ships in 9 - 15 working days
|
This is not a murder story. It is the story of those left behind.
Parasite meets The Good Son in this piercing psychological portrait
of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime. In the summer
of 2002, Kim Hae-on was killed in what became known as the High
School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who
had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be
pinned. The case went cold. Seventeen years pass without justice,
and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger
sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life,
Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's
lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened.
Shifting between the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-on's
classmates, Lemon ostensibly takes the shape of a crime novel. But
identifying the perpetrator is not the main objective here: Kwon
Yeo-sun uses this well-worn form to craft a searing, timely
exploration of privilege, jealousy, trauma, and how we live with
the wrongs we have endured and inflicted in turn. Praise for Lemon:
'Discovering whodunnit isn't really the point here; Lemon is a
subtle, often intense meditation on the after-effects of violence'
Guardian 'Chilling, suspenseful and disconcerting... I couldn't put
it down and read deep into the night until I finished it, with my
heart hammering' Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Poor Things
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, …
DVD
R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
|