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One Thousand Chestnut Trees

One Thousand Chestnut Trees

Author(s): Mira Stout

Location(s): South Korea

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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Uncle Hong-do arrives in Vermont from Korea to see the sister he has never met, a concert violinist long settled in America. His colourful visit turns his teenage niece Anna’s world upside down, disrupting her cosy existence with his eccentric customs, forcing into it a fresh and intriguing tang of Korea. Then, too soon, he returns to Seoul.

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Mira Stout not only grapples with the deep conundrum that is mixed-race identity, but also takes with both hands the extraordinarily turbulent history of twentieth-century Korea. The writing is encrusted with details like colored sequins....

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