The magical language of others : a memoir
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, [2020].
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 209 pages ; 23 cm
Status
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
813.6 KOH 2020
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
813.6 KOH 2020
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction813.6 KOH 2020On Shelf
Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction813.6 KOH 2020On Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English

Notes

Description
"After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji's parents return to Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in the family's new California home. Overnight, Eun Ji finds herself in a world made strange in her mother's absence. Her mother writes letters over the years seeking forgiveness and love-letters Eun Ji cannot understand until she finds them years later hidden in a box. The letters lay bare the impact of her mother's departure, as Eun Ji gets to know the woman who raised her and left her behind. Eun Ji is a student, a traveler, a dancer, a poet, and a daughter coming to terms not only with her parents' prolonged absence, but her family's history: her grandmother Jun's years as a lovesick wife in Daejeon, the horrors her grandmother Kumiko witnessed during the Jeju Island Massacre. Where, Koh asks, do the stories of our mothers and grandmothers end and ours begin? How do we find words-in Korean, Japanese, English, or any language-to articulate the profound ways that distance can shape love? The Magical Language of Others is a fearless and poetic mind grappling with forgiveness, reconciliation, legacy, and intergenerational trauma-conjuring an epic saga and love story between mothers and daughters spanning four generations"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
English and Korean.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Koh, E. (2020). The magical language of others: a memoir (First US edition.). Tin House Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Koh, EJ, 1988-. 2020. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir. Tin House Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Koh, EJ, 1988-. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir Tin House Books, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Koh, EJ. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir First US edition., Tin House Books, 2020.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.