Sin, Kyŏng-suk, <br/><br/>
Violets / 
Kyung-Sook Shin ; translated by Anton Hur. 
 - 212 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> We join San in 1970s rural South Korea, a young girl ostracised from her community. She meets a girl called Namae, and they become friends until one afternoon changes everything. Following a moment of physical intimacy in a minari field, Namae violently rejects San, setting her on a troubling path of quashed desire and isolation. We next meet San, aged twenty-two, as she starts a job in a flower shop. Here, we are introduced to a colourful cast of characters, including the shop's mute owner, the        other florist Su-ae, and the customers that include a sexually aggressive businessman and a photographer, who San develops an obsession for. Throughout, San's moment with Namae lingers in the back of her mind.    A story of desire and violence about a young woman who everyone forgot. VIOLETS is a captivating and sensual read, full of tragedy but also beauty in its lush, vibrant prose. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Korean. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474623551 1474623557 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Interpersonal relations--Fiction.<br/>Teenage girls--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Korea (South)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Lesbian fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>895.735