{"product_id":"the-magical-language-of-others-a-memoir-9781951142278","title":"The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Magical Language of Others\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji Koh's parents return to South Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in California. Overnight, Eun Ji finds herself abandoned and adrift in a world made strange by her mother's absence. Her mother writes letters in Korean over the years seeking forgiveness and love--letters Eun Ji cannot fully understand until she finds them years later hidden in a box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Eun Ji translates the letters, she looks to history--her grandmother Jun's years as a lovesick wife in Daejeon, the loss and destruction her grandmother Kumiko witnessed during the Jeju Island Massacre--and to poetry, as well as her own lived experience to answer questions inside all of us. Where do the stories of our mothers and grandmothers end and ours begin? How do we find words--in Korean, Japanese, English, or any language--to articulate the profound ways that distance can shape love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Magical Language of Others\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a profound tale of hard-won selfhood and our deep bonds to family, place, and language, introducing--in Eun Ji Koh--a singular, incandescent voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. J. Koh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951142278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoh, E. J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eE. J. Koh\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eA Lesser Love\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Pleiades Press Editors Prize, and co-translator of Yi Won's \u003cem\u003eThe World's Lightest Motorcycle\u003c\/em\u003e, forthcoming from Zephyr Press. Her poems, translations, and stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She earned her MFA in Literary Translation and Creative Writing from Columbia University, and is completing the PhD program at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is a recipient of MacDowell and Kundiman fellowships.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tin House Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39829132804211,"sku":"9781951142278","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b03bae91-7198-4b97-93c4-235cb5553154.jpg?v=1644609395","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-magical-language-of-others-a-memoir-9781951142278","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}