{"product_id":"princess-bari-hwang-sok-yong-9781925106534","title":"Princess Bari","description":"\u003cp\u003eA modern-day quest novel from one of Korea's most renowned novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA modern-day quest novel from one of Korea's most renowned novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrincess Bari tells the story of a young girl, frail and brave, who escapes from famine and death in North Korea in the 1990s. Seeking refuge in China before crossing oceans in the hold of a cargo ship, she disembarks in London, with its strange mix of different cultures, religions, and languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this foreign city, Bari becomes a masseuse, but she doesn't just heal the body, she also comforts souls, having learnt from her beloved grandmother to read the pain and nightmares of others. Alone and in a strange land, Bari will have to fight, through pain and deepening sadness, to find love and the will to stay alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Princess Bari, Hwang Sok-Yong entwines an old Korean myth - of an abandoned princess travelling to the ends of the earth to find the elixir of life, which will bring peace to the souls of the dead - with the ethereal and haunting backdrop of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hwang Sok-Yong","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175332315379,"sku":"9781925106534","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781925106534.jpg?v=1662072871","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/princess-bari-hwang-sok-yong-9781925106534","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}