Princess Bari
A modern-day quest novel from one of Korea's most renowned novelists. Princess Bari tells the story of a young girl, frail and brave, who escapes from famine and death in North Korea in the 1990s. Seeking refuge in China before crossing oceans in the hold of a cargo ship, she disembarks in London, with its bewildering mix of cultures, religions, and languages. In this foreign city, Bari finds work as a masseuse - but she doesn't just heal the body, she also comforts souls, having learnt from he…
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A modern-day quest novel from one of Korea's most renowned novelists. Princess Bari tells the story of a young girl, frail and brave, who escapes from famine and death in North Korea in the 1990s. Seeking refuge in China before crossing oceans in the hold of a cargo ship, she disembarks in London, with its bewildering mix of cultures, religions, and languages. In this foreign city, Bari finds work as a masseuse - but she doesn't just heal the body, she also comforts souls, having learnt from her beloved grandmother to read the pain and nightmares of others. Alone and in a strange land, Bari.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
- Place of Publication:Brunswick, Victoria
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (277 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1925113736, 9781925113730
- oclc:ocn908670818
- LC Classification:GR342
- Dewey Decimal:398.209519
Table of Contents
About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Epigraph; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve.
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