{"product_id":"blood-sisters-paperback-2","title":"Blood Sisters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Yideum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJi Yoon Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Jeong Yeoul, a young Korean college student in the 1980's, when the memory of President Chun Doohwan's violent suppression of student demonstrations against martial law was still fresh. Yideum captures with raw honesty the sense of dread felt by many Korean women during this time as Jeong struggles in a swirl of misguided desires and hopelessness against a society distorted by competing ideologies, sexual violence, and cultural conservatism. Facing this helplessness, her impulse is to escape into the world of art. \u003cem\u003eBlood Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid, powerful portrayal of a woman's efforts to live an authentic life in the face of injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Yideum, an outspoken feminist hailed as one of the greatest poets in South Korea today, whose works in translation include \u003cem\u003eCheer Up, Femme Fatale!\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2015) and \u003cem\u003eHysteria\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2019). Having received her PhD with a dissertation on Korean feminist poetics, she has taught at Gyeongsang National University, served as a culture columnist, and has hosted a poetry radio show. She has received numerous awards for her poetry, including the Poetry \u0026amp; the World Literary Award (2010), the Kim Daljin Changwon Award (2011), the 22nd Century Literary Award (2015) and the Kim Chunsoo Award (2015). Ms. Kim owns and operates Café Yideum, a bookstore café, in Ilsan, a satellite city of Seoul. \u003cem\u003eBlood Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published to great renown in South Korea in 2011, is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJiyoon Lee is a poet and translator whose most recent publications include \u003cem\u003ePoems of Kim Yideum, Kim Haengsook, and Kim Minjeong: The Collection of Contemporary Korean Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (Vagabond Press, 2017). Her translation of Kim Yideum's book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eCheer Up, Femme Fatale\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2015), was shortlisted for Lucien Stryk Prize. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eForeigner's Folly\u003c\/em\u003e (Coconut Books, 2014), \u003cem\u003eFunsize\/Bitesize\u003c\/em\u003e (Birds of Lace, 2013), and \u003cem\u003eIMMA\u003c\/em\u003e (Radioactive Moat, 2012). She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43779520921663,"sku":"9781941920770","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/blood-sisters-paperback-2","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}