Description
In 1980s South Korea, a young woman named Jung Yoon looks back on the friendships that carried her through political upheaval, personal loss, and the strange, stubborn comedy of survival. When a long-ago ex-boyfriend reaches out after years of silence, Yoon is pulled back into the emotional landscape of her youth—her mother’s death, her first love, and the bond with a charismatic professor whose life is nearing its end. Woven through her recollections are the voices of European literature, which Shin uses with lyrical precision to translate private grief into something universally recognizable. At once a love story between friends and a meditation on solitude, memory, and moral endurance, this novel shows how connection—fragile, imperfect, and fiercely human—can outlast even the most uncertain times.
Available Editions
paperback
Other Press LLC
Published Jan 1, 2014
332 pages
ISBN: 9781590516737
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Translation
From: kor
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for I'll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin.