| The Interpreter Contributor(s): Kim, Suki (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312422245 ISBN-13: 9780312422240 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: Suzy Park is a twenty-nine-year-old Korean American interpreter for the New York City court system who makes a startling and ominous discovery about her family history that will send her on a chilling quest. Five years prior, her parents--hardworking greengrocers who forfeited personal happiness for their children's gain--were brutally murdered in an apparent robbery of their store. But the glint of a new lead entices Suzy into the dangerous Korean underworld, and ultimately reveals the mystery of her parents' homicide. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002072120 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Korean - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Suzy Park is a twenty-nine-year-old Korean American interpreter for the New York City court system who makes a startling and ominous discovery about her family history that will send her on a chilling quest. Five years prior, her parents--hardworking greengrocers who forfeited personal happiness for their children's gain--were brutally murdered in an apparent robbery of their store. But the glint of a new lead entices Suzy into the dangerous Korean underworld, and ultimately reveals the mystery of her parents' homicide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kim, Suki: - Suki Kim was born and raised in South Korea and came to New York at the age of thirteen. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Review of Books and The New York Times. She is a graduate of Barnard College and lives in Manhattan. |