{"product_id":"winter-in-sokcho-elisa-shua-dusapin-9781948830416","title":"Winter in Sokcho","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs if Marguerite Duras wrote \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman\u003c\/i\u003e--a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French Korean author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. A 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\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. But 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exquisitely-crafted debut, which won the Prix Robert Walser, \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisa Shua Dusapin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948830418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948830416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/04\/2021","brand":"Elisa Shua Dusapin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053509374207,"sku":"9781948830416","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c851e9e9-e954-400c-b74a-12bf4135b9c9.jpg?v=1685024745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/winter-in-sokcho-elisa-shua-dusapin-9781948830416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}