TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sin,Kyŏng-suk
AU  - Hur,Anton
TI  - Violets
SN  - 9781474623551
U1  - 895.735 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - Weidenfeld & Nicolson
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Korea (South)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Lesbian fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - 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
ER  -