Description
When Jacob Cho, a Korean American college student in California, falls into a coma after a mysterious missile launch from North Korea, his estranged mother travels across the Pacific to bring him home. As the family confronts the crisis, buried histories, cultural tensions, and questions of belonging rise to the surface, linking personal trauma to the wider forces of geopolitics and war. Moving between Hawai‘i, North Korea, and the dreamlike spaces of Jacob’s unconscious mind, this inventive novel explores family, displacement, identity, and the complicated meanings of home. Blending sharp social insight with magical realism and dark humor, it offers a poignant portrait of a family struggling to reconnect across generations and borders.
Available Editions
paperback
Counterpoint Press
Published Jan 1, 2022
ISBN: 9781640094864
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Details
First Published
2022
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Nuclear Family by Joseph Han.