{"product_id":"9781101571972","title":"Drifting House","description":"\u003cb\u003e An unflinching portrayal of the Korean immigrant experience from  an extraordinary new talent in fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning Korea and the United States, from the postwar era to  contemporary times, Krys Lee's stunning fiction debut, \u003ci\u003eDrifting  House\u003c\/i\u003e, illuminates a people torn between the traumas of their  collective past and the indignities and sorrows of their present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story, children escaping famine in North Korea are  forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to survive. The tales set in  America reveal the immigrants' unmoored existence, playing out in  cramped apartments and Koreatown strip malls. A makeshift family is  fractured when a shaman from the old country moves in next door. An  abandoned wife enters into a fake marriage in order to find her  kidnapped daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Chang-rae Lee's \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e and Jhumpa  Lahiri's \u003ci\u003eInterpreter of Maladies, Drifting House\u003c\/i\u003e is an  unforgettable work by a gifted new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133281648880,"sku":"9781101571972","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101571972_p0.jpg?v=1763688435","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101571972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}