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Nami Mun - Miles from Nowhere - 9781844085446 - V9781844085446
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Miles from Nowhere

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Description for Miles from Nowhere Paperback. * A brutally honest, linguistically inventive and profoundly moving novel that will inspire a generation of readers Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.

Joon is a young Korean immigrant living in the Bronx of the 1980s. Her parents have crumbled under the weight of her father's infidelity and mental illness has rendered her mother nearly catatonic. So Joon, at the age of thirteen, decides she's better off on her own and sets out on a harrowing and sometimes tragic journey, exposing herself to all the pain and difficulty of a life lived on the margins. Joon's years on the streets take her from a homeless shelter to an escort club, through struggles with addiction, to jobs selling newspapers and cosmetics, committing petty crimes, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844085446
SKU
V9781844085446
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Nami Mun
Born in Seoul, Korea and raised there as well as in the Bronx, New York, Nami Mun has been employed variously as an Avon Lady, a dance hostess and a photojournalist before turning to writing. See www.namimun.com for more information.

Reviews for Miles from Nowhere


'Miles from Nowhere is a starkly beautiful book, shot through with grace and lit by an off-hand street poetry. Nami Mun takes a cast of junkies and runaways and brings them fiercely and frankly to life. It's a measure of the artistry of the work that even in their grimmest, darkest moments, rather than being repelled by these characters, ... Read more

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