Beasts of a little land : a novel / Juhea Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Juhea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean resistance movements (1905-1945).

Courtesans--Fiction.

Courtesans.

Orphans--Fiction.

Orphans.

Tiger attacks.

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Tiger attacks--Fiction.

Hunters--Fiction.

Hunters.

Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945--Fiction.

Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Romance fiction.

Love stories.

War fiction.

Physical Description:

403 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Summary:

"An epic story of love, war, and redemption set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement, following the intertwined fates of a young girl sold to a courtesan school and the penniless son of a hunter"-- Provided by publisher.

1917. Deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. Over the course of half a century, in a world where friends become enemies, enemies become saviors, and heroes are persecuted, beasts take many shapes. A young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver's courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status. She befriends an orphan boy named JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets of Seoul. As they come of age, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence, and Jade becomes a sought-after performer with a new romantic prospect of noble birth. -- adapted from jacket

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Kim, Juhea. Beasts of a little land.

ISBN:

9780063093577

006309357X

OCLC:

1233024547