{"product_id":"mina-paperback","title":"Mina - 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 Sagwa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJu-Chan Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Originally published in Korea by Changbi Publishers, Inc.\"--Title page verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kim Sagwa is South Korea's young, brilliant, fearless writer.\" -- Don Mee Choi, author of \u003ci\u003eHardly War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"She doesn't know what to do, and that amounts to a state of torture.\" \u003cbr\u003e Crystal toils day and night to earn top grades at her cram school. She's also endlessly texting, shopping, drinking, vexing her boyfriends, cranking up her mp3s, and fantasizing about her next slice of cheesecake. Her non- stop frenzy never quite manages the one thing that might calm her down: opening up about the pressures that are driving her to the edge. She certainly hasn't talked with her best friend, Mina, nor Mina's brother, whom she's developing a serious crush on. And Crystal's starting to lose her grip. \u003cbr\u003e In this shocking English debut, award-winning Korean author Kim Sagwa delivers an astonishingly complex portrait of modern-day adolescence. With pitch-perfect dialogue and a precise eye for detail, Kim creates a piercingly real teen protagonist--at once powerful, vulnerable, and utterly confused. As one bad decision leads to another, this promising life spirals to a devastating climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Sagwa\u003c\/b\u003e is one of South Korea's most acclaimed young writers. She is the author of several novels, story collections, and works of nonfiction, and has been shortlisted for several major South Korean awards, including the Munji Prize and the Young Writers Award. Kim contributes columns to two major Seoul newspapers, and she co-translated John Freeman's book \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e into Korean. She lives in New York City. \u003cb\u003eBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e have translated dozens of books together since 1985, including the award-winning women's anthology \u003ci\u003eWords of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e and the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eMoss\u003c\/i\u003e by Yoon Taeho, serialized at \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. They have received numerous awards and fellowships, including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the 4th Annual Chametzky Prize for Translation, given by \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003ci\u003e, and a residency at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312821203046,"sku":"9781931883740","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VEl0dmFOTmJnRzdwUzNoYU5XMVBVQT09.webp?v=1767909045","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mina-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}