Beasts of a Little Land
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers, 2021.
Format: Audiobook on CD
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Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 11 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
In 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 destinies as they wager their nation's. Immersive and elegant, the story unveils a world where friends become enemies, enemies become saviors, heroes are persecuted, and beasts take many shapes.
Subjects:
Courtesans -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945 -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Courtesans -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945 -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780063093614
UPC: 9780063093614
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD F Kim | St. Andrews Indoors | Book on CD Fiction | In |
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