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Almond

Won-Pyung Sohn (Pengarang) ; Sandy Joosun Lee (Penerjemah)

Fiksi Korea

Detil Buku

Edisi Cetakan Pertama

Penerbit United States : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020

Deskripsi Fisik x + 262 halaman : - ; 20 x 14 cm

ISBN 9780062961389

Subjek Fiksi Korea

Bahasa Inggris

Call Number 895.73 WON a

Deskripsi

One of the monsters is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother aren’t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh. Yunjae grows up content, even happy, with his small family in this quiet, peaceful space. Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae’s sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school and begins to bully Yunjae.