{"product_id":"violets-kyung-sook-shin-9781474623544","title":"Violets","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Dreamy, immersive and evocative' TLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Strange and gripping' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life - painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut over the course of one summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash co-worker, aggressive customers and an enigmatic magazine photographer. Fuelled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she dares, briefly, to dream of connection in an unforgiving world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Anton Hur\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kyung-Sook Shin","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":46143116214515,"sku":"9990002692215","price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781474623544.jpg?v=1724964516","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/violets-kyung-sook-shin-9781474623544","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}