Status
Available
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Publication
Viking
DDC/MDS
| PS3561.E38574 F68 2002 |
Description
Nora Okja Keller, the acclaimed author of Comfort Woman, tells the shocking story of a group of young people abandoned after the Korean War. At the center of the tale are two teenage girls--Hyun Jin and Sookie, a teenage prostitute kept by an American soldier--who form a makeshift family with Lobetto, a lost boy who scrapes together a living running errands and pimping for neighborhood girls. Both horrifying and moving, Fox Girl at once reveals another layer of war's human detritus and the fierce love between a mother and daughter.
Media reviews
Library Journal
Although gritty at times, this moving novel is nevertheless a tale of sheer fortitude. Keller consistently portrays strong characters, and readers who appreciated her first novel for its realism and honesty will also want to read this one. Recommended for all general fiction, Asian American, and
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Booklist
An empathic, valiant, and spellbinding storyteller, Keller lays bare the tragic consequences of misogyny and hate in a gorgeously rendered novel as harrowing as it is cathartic.
Publishers Weekly
Unsentimental in portraying the callousness of human nature that's been degraded by violence and deprivation, Keller achieves eloquence in describing the pureness of spirit to which even the most bitter victim can rise. This rare, honest picture of a marginal society unfamiliar to most American
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readers is a signal contribution to Asian-American understanding. Show Less
Original publication date
2002-03-28
ISBN
0670030732 / 9780670030736