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1377554I Went To See My Fatherhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/i-went-to-see-my-father-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/654854/693c69f4-6bea-4b1f-b179-7c7319200973.jpg?v=638335670897230000178205MXNAstra Publishing HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, <em>Please Look After Mom;</em> centering on a womans efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family secrets.</strong></p><p>Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. At first, her father only appears withdrawn and fragile, an aging man, awkward but kind around his own daughter. Then, after stumbling upon a chest of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her fathers past and reconstructs her own family history.</p><p>Consumed with her own grief, Hon had been blind to her fathers vulnerability and her familys fragility. Unraveling secret after secret and thanks to conversations with loving family and friends, Hon grows closer to her father, who proves to be more complex than she ever gave him credit for. After living through one of the most tumultuous times in Korean history, her fathers life was once vibrant and ambitious, but spiraled during the postwar years. Now, after years of emotional isolation, Hon learns the whole truth, from her fathers affair and involvement in a religious sect, to the dynamic lives of her own siblings, to her familys financial hardships.</p><p>What Hon uncovers about her father builds towards her understanding of the great scope of his sacrifice and heroism, and of his generation as a whole. More than just the portrait of a single man, <em>I Went to See My Father</em> opens a window onto humankind, family, loss, and war. With this long-awaited follow-up to Please Look After Momflawlessly rendered by award-winning translator Anton HurKyung-Sook Shin has crafted an ambitious, global, epic, and lasting novel.</p>...1365108I Went To See My Father178205https://www.gandhi.com.mx/i-went-to-see-my-father-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/654854/693c69f4-6bea-4b1f-b179-7c7319200973.jpg?v=638335670897230000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781662601385_W3siaWQiOiJjM2MxMDY4ZC02Yjk5LTQwZjQtYWE0ZS05ODNmYjMyMDIzYjEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM0MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjc4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI2MiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDRUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781662601385_<p><strong>An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, <em>Please Look After Mom;</em> centering on a womans efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family secrets.</strong></p><p>Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. At first, her father only appears withdrawn and fragile, an aging man, awkward but kind around his own daughter. Then, after stumbling upon a chest of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her fathers past and reconstructs her own family history.</p><p>Consumed with her own grief, Hon had been blind to her fathers vulnerability and her familys fragility. Unraveling secret after secret and thanks to conversations with loving family and friends, Hon grows closer to her father, who proves to be more complex than she ever gave him credit for. After living through one of the most tumultuous times in Korean history, her fathers life was once vibrant and ambitious, but spiraled during the postwar years. Now, after years of emotional isolation, Hon learns the whole truth, from her fathers affair and involvement in a cult, to the dynamic lives of her own siblings, to her familys financial hardships.</p><p>What Hon uncovers about her father builds towards her understanding of the great scope of his sacrifice and heroism, and of her country as a whole. More than just the portrait of a single man, <em>I Went to See My Father</em> opens a window onto humankind, family, loss, and war. With this long-awaited follow-up to Please Look After Momflawlessly rendered by award-winning translator Anton HurKyung-Sook Shin has crafted an ambitious, global, epic, and lasting novel.</p>...(*_*)9781662601385_<p><strong>An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, <em>Please Look After Mom;</em> centering on a womans efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family secrets.</strong></p><p>Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. At first, her father only appears withdrawn and fragile, an aging man, awkward but kind around his own daughter. Then, after stumbling upon a chest of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her fathers past and reconstructs her own family history.</p><p>Consumed with her own grief, Hon had been blind to her fathers vulnerability and her familys fragility. Unraveling secret after secret and thanks to conversations with loving family and friends, Hon grows closer to her father, who proves to be more complex than she ever gave him credit for. After living through one of the most tumultuous times in Korean history, her fathers life was once vibrant and ambitious, but spiraled during the postwar years. Now, after years of emotional isolation, Hon learns the whole truth, from her fathers affair and involvement in a religious sect, to the dynamic lives of her own siblings, to her familys financial hardships.</p><p>What Hon uncovers about her father builds towards her understanding of the great scope of his sacrifice and heroism, and of his generation as a whole. More than just the portrait of a single man, <em>I Went to See My Father</em> opens a window onto humankind, family, loss, and war. With this long-awaited follow-up to Please Look After Momflawlessly rendered by award-winning translator Anton HurKyung-Sook Shin has crafted an ambitious, global, epic, and lasting novel.</p>...9781662601385_Astra Publishing Houselibro_electonico_c1630af4-b1c2-349a-80cb-00555b5fd4a7_9781662601385;9781662601385_9781662601385Kyung-Sook ShinInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-3a46a759-bdae-4eb0-83c4-e3586e9a7747.epub2023-04-11T00:00:00+00:00Astra Publishing House