{"product_id":"the-end-of-august-paperback","title":"The End of August - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYu Miri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMorgan Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award winning author, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he would have had to run under the Japanese flag. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly a century later, his granddaughter is living in Japan and training to run a marathon herself. She summons Korean shamans to hold an intense, transcendent ritual to connect with Lee Woo-cheol. When his ghost appears, alongside those of his brother Lee Woo-Gun, and their young neighbor, who was forced to become a comfort woman to Japanese soldiers stationed in China during World War II, she must uncover their stories to free their souls. What she discovers is at the heart of this sweeping, majestic novel about a family that endured death, love, betrayal, war, political upheaval, and ghosts, both vengeful and wistful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA poetic masterpiece that is a feat of historical fiction, epic family saga, and mind-bending story-telling acrobatics, \u003ci\u003eThe End of August\u003c\/i\u003e is a marathon of literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Korean author writing in Japanese, \u003cb\u003eYu Miri\u003c\/b\u003e has over twenty books to her name. She received Japan's most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, and her novel \u003ci\u003eTokyo Ueno Station\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature. After the earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima, she relocated there and has opened a bookstore and theater space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan Giles\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator. Her translation of Yu Miri's \u003ci\u003eTokyo Ueno Station\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2020 National Book award for Translated Literature. She lives in London.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372028346546,"sku":"9780593542675","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f387d90be90b2d1f9e255d80d40519ab.webp?v=1777638504","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-end-of-august-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}