Familiar Things

by Hwang Sok-Yong

Sora Kim-Russell (Translator)

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Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea's glittering metropolis is a place few people know about: a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Home to those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father's internment in a government 're-education camp'. Living in a shack and supporting himself by weeding recyclables out of the refuse, at first Bugeye's life on Flower Island is hard. But then one night he notices mysterious lights around the landfill.
  • ISBN10 1947534041
  • ISBN13 9781947534049
  • Publish Date 15 May 2018 (first published 8 June 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 30 April 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Scribe US
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 224
  • Language English