Juhea Kim
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" Entre Pachinko de Min Jin Lee et La Maison aux esprits d'Isabel Allende, un livre à la fois politique et intime. " Chicago Review of Books Dans le Séoul des Années folles, une ville énergique et rebelle qui frémit sous le joug de l'occupation japonaise, jeunes courtisanes, aristocrates, soldats et idéalistes se désirent et se déchirent. Jade la gisaeng aime Hanchol, l'étudiant déclassé. Mais c'est Jungho, le chef de bande orphelin, fils d'un chasseur de tigres, qui se révèle son allié le plus fidèle dans un monde en pleine mutation. La grande Histoire et les monstres tapis dans le coeur des hommes leur imposeront à tous un destin parsemé d'écueils...
Avec cette fresque historique d'une grande finesse, Juhea Kim nous raconte, sur près d'un demi-siècle, l'espoir et les tourments d'un peuple qui lutte pour son indépendance. -
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"A spectacular debut filled with great characters and heart." --Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret FanA Recommended Read from: USA Today * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * The Today Show * Real Simple * Good Morning America * Harper''s Bazaar * Buzzfeed * Fortune * Vulture * Goodreads * Lit Hub * Book Riot * PopSugar * E! Online * Ms. Magazine * Chicago Review of Books * Bustle * The Oregonian * The MillionsAn epic story of love, war, and redemption set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement, following the intertwined fates of a young girl sold to a courtesan school and the penniless son of a hunterIn 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. In an instant, their fates are connected--and from this encounter unfolds a saga that spans half a century.In the aftermath, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver''s courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status. When she befriends an orphan boy named JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets of Seoul, they form a deep friendship. As they come of age, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence, and Jade becomes a sought-after performer with a new romantic prospect of noble birth. Soon Jade must decide whether she will risk everything for the one who would do the same for her.From the perfumed chambers of a courtesan school in Pyongyang to the glamorous cafes of a modernizing Seoul and the boreal forests of Manchuria, where battles rage, Juhea Kim''s unforgettable characters forge their own destinies as they wager their nation''s. Immersive and elegant, Beasts of a Little Land unveils a world where friends become enemies, enemies become saviors, heroes are persecuted, and beasts take many shapes.
