{"product_id":"honey-in-the-wound-1","title":"Honey In The Wound By Jiyoung Han","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire. \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother's voice compels the truth from any tongue. A granddaughter divines secrets in others' dreams. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Spanning ninety years as one family is displaced across Asia, this novel follows Young-Ja, who finds herself struggling to survive after her family is killed by Japanese soldiers. The magical gift that once brought her joy - the ability to infuse her cooking with her feelings: love, peace, delight - transforms into something more powerful as her sorrow and anger seeps into her confections. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;When her talent is noticed by a Korean resistance fighter, she's taken to Manchuria where she becomes enmeshed in a network of spies at a teahouse favoured by Japanese officials.  Haunted at every turn by the spectre of Japanese soldiers, she endures horrors and brutality at the hands of the Imperial Army. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;With spellbinding inter-generational sweep and atmospheric magical realism, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Honey in the Wound\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; explores the ways colonialism forces one family to transform, and ultimately survive.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820688810366,"sku":"NW9781786587329","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781786587329.jpg?v=1786169179","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/honey-in-the-wound-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}