![]() ![]() So the book is divided into sections, each devoted to the browbeating of a particular character. But we need to learn about her saintliness in stages. “Mom,” as she is jarringly called throughout the book’s English version (translated by Chi-Young Kim), was much more than that. It would be a grievous understatement to call her a mere martyr. Shocked into decency, her husband, two sons and two daughters find themselves replaying all the button-pushing, tear-jerking moments that illustrated this woman’s love and devotion. The book is about the selfish family of Park So-nyo, a woman who got lost in the crowd at a train station in Seoul and has not reappeared. It sold more than a million copies in South Korea, where there may not be a dry hankie left in the land. ![]() “Please Look After Mom” is the work of a popular South Korean novelist, Kyung-sook Shin, who is being published in English for the first time. A Mother’s Devotion, a Family’s Tearful Regrets ![]()
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