{"product_id":"the-hive-and-the-honey-paul-yoon-9781668020791","title":"The Hive and the Honey: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Best Fiction Book of 2023 and Must Read Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and the New York Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Expansive, haunting, and intimate, Paul Yoon's new short story collection\u003ci\u003e The Hive and the Honey\u003c\/i\u003e...shows Yoon at the height of his powers.\" --Sabir Sultan, \u003ci\u003ePen America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a spectacular collection of unique stories, each confronting themes of identity, belonging, and the collision of cultures across countries and centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA boy searches for his father, a prison guard, on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her estranged son. A samurai escorts an orphan to his countrymen in the Edo Period. A formerly incarcerated man starts a new life in a small town in upstate New York and attempts to build a family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hive and the Honey \u003c\/i\u003eis a \"virtuosic\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e) collection by celebrated author Paul Yoon, one that portrays the vastness and complexity of diasporic communities, with each story bringing to light the knotty inheritances of their characters. How does a North Korean defector connect with the child she once left behind? What are the traumas that haunt a Korean settlement in Far East Russia? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Absorbing...Yoon details fully realized and flawed characters attempting to wade through the complexities of immigrant life...[and] asks urgent questions about what it really means to belong somewhere.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003e100 Must-Read Books of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Yoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668020793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668020791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e S\u0026amp;s\/ Marysue Rucci Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Paul Yoon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132197040383,"sku":"9781668020791","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7057281b-7bdf-446b-b17a-2b8845ff5115.jpg?v=1687478803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hive-and-the-honey-paul-yoon-9781668020791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}