{"product_id":"god-has-no-grandchildren-paperback","title":"God Has No Grandchildren - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Gyeong-Uk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSunok Kang\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMelissa Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nine stories that make up this collection depict a wide variety of contemporary Koreans navigating a world focused on material wealth and social power, in which family ties have been disrupted and all relationships are dysfunctional. Unpredictable and enigmatic, these tales, though taking place in what would appear to be a shallow, materialistic environment, are nonetheless woven through with rich threads of imagination and fantasy: parables for the self-help age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Gyeong-uk was born in Gwangju, South Jella Province, South Korea in 1971 and is currently a professor of Creative Writing at Korea National University of Arts. He debuted as a fiction writer in 1993 when he won the Jak Ga Se Gey Best New Writer Award with his novella \"An Outsider.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760288235808,"sku":"9781628971170","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e74f6ab2b572c8d663016b78c22db2e2.webp?v=1780176574","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/god-has-no-grandchildren-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}