The Interpreter: A Novel
Registered by Supertalya on 1/23/2009
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One of the first books I bought in Korea. This is being sent to the winner of a sweeps!
A striking first novel about the dark side of the American Dream
Suzy Park is a twenty-nine-year-old Korean American interpreter for the New York City court system. Young, attractive, and achingly alone, she makes a startling and ominous discovery during one court case that forever alters her family's history. Five years prior, her parents--hardworking greengrocers who forfeited personal happiness for their children's gain--were brutally murdered in an apparent robbery of their fruit and vegetable stand. Or so Suzy believed. But the glint of a new lead entices Suzy into the dangerous Korean underworld, and ultimately reveals the mystery of her parents' homicide.
An auspicious debut about the myth of the model Asian citizen, The Interpreter traverses the distance between old worlds and new, poverty and privilege, language and understanding.
A striking first novel about the dark side of the American Dream
Suzy Park is a twenty-nine-year-old Korean American interpreter for the New York City court system. Young, attractive, and achingly alone, she makes a startling and ominous discovery during one court case that forever alters her family's history. Five years prior, her parents--hardworking greengrocers who forfeited personal happiness for their children's gain--were brutally murdered in an apparent robbery of their fruit and vegetable stand. Or so Suzy believed. But the glint of a new lead entices Suzy into the dangerous Korean underworld, and ultimately reveals the mystery of her parents' homicide.
An auspicious debut about the myth of the model Asian citizen, The Interpreter traverses the distance between old worlds and new, poverty and privilege, language and understanding.
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I think you will like this one, root.
I think you will like this one, root.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, supertalya! This book looks fantastic. I'm really looking forward to reading it.
You definitely know my taste in books. ;)
You definitely know my taste in books. ;)
This has been sitting on my bookshelf for far too long. Dropping it off tomorrow at the Town's Book Give and Take. I hope it travels and is well-loved.