Exhibit - Couverture souple

Kwon, R. O.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349013713 ISBN 13 : 9780349013718

Editeur : Virago, 2024

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of The Incendiaries, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

R. O. Kwon is the author of the bestselling novel The Incendiaries, which was named a best book of the year by more than forty publications and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award. With Garth Greenwell, Kwon coedited the bestselling Kink, a New York Times Notable Book. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, New York Times, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere. Born in Seoul, Kwon has lived most of her life in the United States.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'A gripping tale of a woman wrestling with the past, while boldly making her own future. Haunting and powerful' Madeline Miller, author of Circe

An exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life


At a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the same for either woman. A brilliant young photographer, Jin is at a crossroads in her work, in her marriage to her college love Phillip, and in who she is and who she wants to be. Lidija is an alluring, injured world-class ballerina on hiatus from her ballet company under mysterious circumstances. Drawn to each other by their intense artistic drives, the two women talk all night.

Cracked open, Jin finds herself telling Lidija about an old familial curse, breaking a lifelong promise. She's been told that if she doesn't keep the curse a secret, she risks losing everything; death and ruin could lie ahead. As Jin and Lidija become more entangled, they realize they share more than the ferocity of their ambition, and begin to explore hidden desires. Something is ignited in Jin: her art, her body, and her sense of self irrevocably changed. But can she avoid the specter of the curse? Urgent, bold, and deeply moving, this novel asks: how brightly can you burn before you light your life on fire?


'A rare jewel of a book, at once forceful and unrepentant, delicate and shimmering' C Pam Zhang, author of Land of Milk and Honey

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349013713
• ISBN 13: 9780349013718
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible