{"product_id":"9781398530522","title":"The Hive and the Honey","description":"Author: Paul Yoon\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398530522\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 May 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a spectacular collection of unique stories, each confronting themes of identity, belonging, and the collision of cultures across countries and centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Winner of The Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Best Fiction Book of 2023 and Must Read Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and the New York Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Paul Yoon writes stories the way Fabergé made eggs: with untold craftsmanship, artistry, and delicacy.' \u003cb\u003eAnn Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'A master at finding depth of emotion in formal restraint.' \u003cb\u003eHernan Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Absorbing...Yoon details fully realized and flawed characters attempting to wade through the complexities of immigrant life...[and] asks urgent questions about what it really means to belong somewhere.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003e100 Must-Read Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n A boy searches for his father, a prison guard on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her estranged son. A samurai escorts an orphan to his countrymen in the Edo Period. A formerly incarcerated man starts a new life in a small town in upstate New York and attempts to build a family.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Hive and the Honey \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold and indelible collection by celebrated author Paul Yoon, one that portrays the vastness and complexity of diasporic communities, with each story bringing to light the knotty inheritances of their characters. How does a North Korean defector connect with the child she once left behind? What are the traumas that haunt a Korean settlement in Far East Russia?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Lauded as a “quotidian\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003esurreal craft\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003emaster” (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine), Yoon’s stunning stories are laced with beauty and cruelty, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hive and the Honey\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of an author writing at the very height of his powers.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46585519341726,"sku":"HPC-9781398530522","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781398530522.jpg?v=1772777068","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781398530522","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}