{"product_id":"9780547698366","title":"Black Flower: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1904, a group of Koreans seeks a new life in Mexico, in this “powerful, sweeping” novel based on a little-known chapter in history (\u003ci\u003eList Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1904, facing war and the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans leave their homes for the promise of land in unknown Mexico. After a long sea voyage, these emigrants—thieves and royals, priests and soldiers, orphans and families—discover that they have been sold into indentured servitude.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Aboard the ship, the orphan Ijeong falls in love with a nobleman’s daughter. When the hacendados claim their laborers and the two are separated, he vows to find her. But after years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world—from an author who is “at the leading edge of a new breed of South Korean writers”—\u003ci\u003eBlack Flower\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history (\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “‘Can a nation disappear forever?’ . . . [In] a tale of collective loss, political revolution and the individual quest for self-determination . . . Kim brings us the souls caught up on the ground of this larger drama.” —\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Spare and beautiful.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Readers who remember the historical fiction of Thomas B. Costain, Zoe Oldenbourg [sic] and Anya Seton will appreciate [Kim’s] extensive research and empathic imagination.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074126397680,"sku":"9780547698366","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547698366_p0.jpg?v=1769896764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547698366","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}