{"product_id":"9781398530508","title":"The Hive and the Honey","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Yoon, Paul, Jr. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 March 2024 by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e217 x 136 x 13 | 184g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA boy searches for his father, a prison guard on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her estranged son. In the Edo Period, a samurai escorts an orphan to his countrymen. In upstate New York, a formerly incarcerated man starts a new life in a small town and attempts to build a family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From award-winning author Paul Yoon, The Hive and the Honey is a bold and indelible collection that portrays the vastness and complexity of diasporic communities, with each story bringing to light the knotty inheritances of their characters. How does a North Korean defector connect with the child she once left behind? What are the traumas that haunt a Korean settlement in the far east of Russia? A collection laced with beauty and cruelty, The Hive and the Honey is the work of an author writing at the very height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44856671011075,"sku":"9781398530508","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781398530508_b512dedc-5e06-47aa-956a-01f6b1199f03.jpg?v=1731406182","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781398530508","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}