Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Kim, Young-ha; La Shure, Charles |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books |
| Date: | 10/29/2013 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
“‘Can a nation disappear forever?’ . . . [In] a tale of collective loss,political revolution and the individual quest for self-determination . .. Kim brings us the souls caught up on the ground of this largerdrama.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
In 1904, facing warand the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans leave theirhomes for the promise of land in unknown Mexico. After a long seavoyage, these emigrants — thieves and royals, priests and soldiers,orphans and entire families — discover that they have been sold intoindentured servitude.
Aboard the ship, the orphan Ijeong fell inlove with a nobleman’s daughter; separated when the hacendados claimtheir laborers, he vows to find her. Then, after years of working in thepunishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in themidst of a Mexican revolution. A tale of star-crossed love, politicalturmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world, Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history.
“Kim is at the leading edge of a new breed of South Korean writers.” — Philadelphia City Paper
“Spare and beautiful.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Readerswho remember the historical fiction of Thomas B. Costain, ZoéOldenbourg and Anya Seton will appreciate [Kim’s] extensive research andempathic imagination.” — Kirkus Reviews
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