{"product_id":"9781564789464","title":"The Soil","description":"A major, never before translated novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eMujông \/ The Heartless\u003c\/i\u003e—often called the first modern Korean novel—\u003ci\u003eThe Soil\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an idealist dedicating his life to helping the inhabitants of the rural community in which he was raised. Striving to influence the poor farmers of the time to improve their lots, become self-reliant, and thus indirectly change the reality of colonial life on the Korean peninsula, \u003ci\u003eThe Soil\u003c\/i\u003e was vitally important to the social movements of the time, echoing the effects and reception of such English-language novels as Upton Sinclair's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149984874736,"sku":"9781564789464","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781564789464_p0.jpg?v=1763758323","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781564789464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}