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The end of August : a novel

Yū, Miri 1968- (author.). Giles, Morgan, (translator.).

Summary: In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he would have had to run under the Japanese flag. Nearly a century later, his granddaughter is living in Japan and training to run a marathon herself. She summons Korean shamans to hold an intense, transcendent ritual to connect with Lee Woo-cheol. When his ghost appears, alongside those of his brother Lee Woo-Gun, and their young neighbor, who was forced to become a comfort woman to Japanese soldiers stationed in China during World War II, she must uncover their stories to free their souls. What she discovers is at the heart of this sweeping, majestic novel about a family that endured death, love, betrayal, war, political upheaval, and ghosts, both vengeful and wistful.

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  • ISBN: 0593542665
  • ISBN: 9780593542668
  • Physical Description: 710 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First United States edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.

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Subject: Yū, Miri 1968- Fiction
Marathon running Fiction
Shamans Fiction
Generations Fiction
Families Fiction
Korea History Japanese occupation, 1910-1945 Fiction
Japan Fiction
Genre: Ghost stories.
Autobiographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION YU (Text) 50686016335379 Adult Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library MIRI, YU (Text) 34455007047430 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009761421 Adult Fiction Available -
Clymer Library FIC MIR (Text) 32596000560218 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library YU (Text) 31901004734721 Adult Fiction Available -

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