Name: Island of sea Women (en Inglés)
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Author: Lisa See
ISBN: 9781471183836

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Lisa See

Editorial

Simon And Schuster

Categoría

Literatura

Año

2019

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781471183836

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Island of sea Women (en Inglés)

Lisa See (Autor) · Simon And Schuster · Tapa Blanda

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A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook’s differences are impossible to ignore. The Island of Sea Women is an epic set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wetsuits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that after surviving hundreds of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge, engaging in dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the children. A classic Lisa See story―one of women’s friendships and the larger forces that shape them―The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives. ‘For centuries, women on Korea’s Jeju island have been free-diving into the sea, a practice explored through this fictionalized story of two friends who struggle to stay close amid war, family rivalries, and a shifting cultural landscape. It’s riveting, historical, and heartbreaking all at once’ Marie Claire ‘Lisa See excels at mining the intersection of family, friendship and history... This novel spans wars and generations, but at its heart is a beautifully rendered story of two women whose individual choices become inextricably tangled’ Jodi Picoult ‘I was spellbound the moment I entered the vivid and little-known world of the diving women of Jeju… No one writes about female friendship… with more insight and depth than Lisa See’ Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees

Lisa See

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Lisa See (París, 1955) es una reconocida novelista estadounidense de ascendencia china, criada en Los Ángeles en el seno de una familia con profundas raíces en el Chinatown local. Su obra se centra en la exploración de la historia y cultura asiáticas, especialmente la china, a través de una perspectiva femenina. Entre sus novelas más destacadas se encuentran El abanico de seda (2005), El pabellón de las peonías (2008), Dos chicas de Shanghai (2010), Muñecas chinas (2015) y La isla de las mujeres del mar (2020). Además, es autora de la obra de no ficción On Gold Mountain (1995), donde narra la historia de su familia.

Su género literario principal es la ficción histórica, destacándose por su meticulosa investigación y la representación de culturas asiáticas, particularmente la china y coreana. Aunque ha recibido reconocimientos como el premio "Mujer Nacional del Año" otorgado por la Organización de Chinos Estadounidenses en 2001 y el "History Makers Award" del Museo Chino Estadounidense en 2003, no se le atribuyen premios literarios internacionales de gran renombre.

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