{"product_id":"years-and-years-paperback","title":"Years and Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJungeun Hwang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Shadows \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI'll Go On\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYears and Years \u003c\/i\u003eopens with the elderly Yi Sunil, devoted housewife and mother of three, making her annual pilgrimage to a remote village in South Korea to visit her grandfather's grave--likely for the final time. What follows is a multigenerational exploration of desires thwarted by societal obligations and mores for the women in this family.\u003cbr\u003eSejin, the middle child, keeps her sexuality closeted, while her older sister, Yeongjin, finds herself financially responsible for the rest of the family, forcing her to give up on her personal dreams. Meanwhile, the youngest, Mansu, leaves the family for New Zealand, where he is free to pursue his own career and life, ironically supported by the sacrifices of his mother and sisters.\u003cbr\u003eTracing the lives of the family's three women, \u003ci\u003eYears and Years \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the ways in which, despite the empathy we harbor for our loved ones, we inevitably trap one another in particular roles, while also illuminating our resolve to carry on through the constraints of time and tradition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1976, \u003cb\u003eHwang Jungeun\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the bright young things of Korean literature, having published two collections of short stories and three novels to date. One Hundred Shadows (2010), her first novel, was both a critical and commercial success; its mix of oblique fantasy, hard-edge social critique, and offbeat romance garnered the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award and the Korean Booksellers' Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Hong\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator based in Vancouver, Canada. She received the 2018 TA First Translation Prize and the 2018 LTI Korea Translation Award for her translation of Han Yujoo's \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Fairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. She's a two-time winner of the Harvey Award for Best International Book for her translations of Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's Grass and Yeong-shin Ma's \u003ci\u003eMoms.\u003c\/i\u003e Other recent translations include Ha Seong-nan's \u003ci\u003eBluebeard's First Wife\u003c\/i\u003e (selected as \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of 2020) and Kwon Yeo-sun's \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently the Korean prose mentor for ALTA's Emerging Translator Mentorship Program.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752170979616,"sku":"9781960385000","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f2c238f02c0aeeee96bfea3849485c66.webp?v=1779989192","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/years-and-years-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}