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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence; a disappearance is the novel's event
Language
Barely any
Mild language in translation
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal romantic content in the family setting
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of realizing you failed to see someone who deserved to be seen creates the novel's sustained emotional impact
What this book is about
Kyung-Sook Shin's bestselling Korean novel follows the family of a woman who disappears at Seoul Station. Told from multiple perspectives — daughter, son, husband — the novel is structured as a series of realizations about how little they saw of the woman who devoted her life to them. A deeply moving meditation on mothers, family, and what we take for granted. Translated from Korean.
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