# Shoko’s Smile

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- Book: [Shoko’s Smile](https://www.bookquiver.com/eun-young-choi/shokos-smile) ([Shoko’s Smile.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/eun-young-choi/shokos-smile.md))
- Authors: [Eun-young Choi](https://www.bookquiver.com/eun-young-choi)
- Publisher: john_murray
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2937-605-0
- Published: 2021-08-19
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eunyoung paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In 'A Song from Afar', a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, travelling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In 'Secret', the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother. In the tradition of Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, and Marilynne Robinson - writers from different cultures who all take an unvarnished look at human relationships and the female experience - Choi Eunyoung is a writer to watch.