{"product_id":"violets","title":"Violets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouth Korea, 1970.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSan is a lonely child, ostracised from her community. She soon finds a friend in a girl called Namae, until one afternoon changes everything. Following a moment of intimacy in a minari field, Namae violently rejects San, setting her on a troubling path.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe next meet San, aged twenty-two, when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre. Over the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San is introduced to a curious cast of characters - the mute shop owner, a brash co-worker, kind farmers and aggressive customers - and fueled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she plunges headfirst into obsession with a passing magazine photographer. Throughout it all, San's moment with Namae continues to linger in the back of her mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA story of thwarted desire, misogyny and erasure, \u003cem\u003eViolets\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the high stakes involved in one woman's desperate search for both autonomy and attachment in an unforgiving society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kyung-Sook Shin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43232121979137,"sku":"9781474623568","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2024-03-15T165957.891.png?v=1710522010","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/violets","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}