If I Had Your Face (e-bog) af Cha, Frances
Cha, Frances (forfatter)

If I Had Your Face e-bog

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'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge:Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.Miho, an a...
E-bog 90,41 DKK
Forfattere Cha, Frances (forfatter)
Forlag Penguin
Udgivet 23 juli 2020
Længde 288 sider
Genrer 1FPKS
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780241986363
'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge:Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite.Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes.Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford.Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide.'Cha's writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool' Observer'Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an expos of the class system in South Korea' Independent'Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and MALIBU RISING'One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading' Vogue'Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE 'Glittering, engrossing' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD 'Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS'I finished it in two sittings, have re-read it twice since and I'd still happily read it again - it's a serious contender for one of my favourite books ever.' RedLONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021