A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania "Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience--and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide."--The Washington Post ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Esquire, Bustle, BBC, New York Post, InStyle Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul "room salon," an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood. Kyuri's roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country's biggest conglomerates. Down the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life. And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea's brutal economy. Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them.
Sobre o autor(a)
Cha, Frances
Frances Cha é ex-editora de viagens e cultura da CNN em Seul. Ela cresceu nos Estados Unidos, em Hong Kong e na Coreia do Sul. Formada na Dartmouth College e na Universidade de Columbia, escreveu para veículos como The Atlantic, The Believer e Yonhap News Agency, e lecionou na Universidade de Columbia, na Universidade de Mulheres Ewha, na Universidade Nacional de Seul e na Universidade de Yonsei. Atualmente mora no Brooklyn, em Nova York. Se Esse Rosto Fosse Meu é seu poderoso livro de estreia. |
| ISBN | 9780593129487 |
| Autor(a) | Cha, Frances |
| Editora | Ballantine Books |
| Ano de edição | 2021 |
| Páginas | 304 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 20,20 X 13,20 |