{"product_id":"chinatown-by-oh-jung-hee-9780241744369","title":"Chinatown","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA selection of the best short stories by Oh Jung-hee, one of South Korea's most influential writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this emblematic selection of her stories, Oh Jung-hee probes beneath the surface of seemingly quotidian lives to expose nightmarish family configurations warped by desertion, psychosis, and death. In \u003cem\u003eChinatown\u003c\/em\u003e, a young girl living on the edge of the city's Chinese community comes of age among mundane violences, collisions with adult sexuality, and the American occupation. Meanwhile, in \u003cem\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/em\u003e, a woman grapples with her conflicting identities of wife, mother, and writer at an alcohol-fuelled gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout a career spanning six decades, Oh Jung-hee has drawn comparisons to Alice Munro, Virginia Woolf, and Joyce Carol Oates, and is assuredly a trailblazing writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545581801708,"sku":"9780241744369","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241744369.jpg?v=1750036837","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/chinatown-by-oh-jung-hee-9780241744369","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}