A Small Revolution

Name: A Small Revolution
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jimin Han
ISBN: 9781531868406

Author: Jimin Han

Narrator: Greta Jung

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/01/2017

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life

Synopsis

In this powerful, page-turning debut, Jimin Han deftly shows that revolutions—whether big or small, in the world or of the heart—can have an impact that lasts through time and spans the oceans.On a beautiful Pennsylvania fall morning, a gunman holds college freshman Yoona Lee and three of her classmates hostage in the claustrophobic confines of their dorm room. The desperate man with his finger on the trigger—Yoona’s onetime friend, Lloyd Kang—is unraveling after a mysterious accident in Korea killed his closest friend, Jaesung, who was also the love of Yoona’s life.As the tense standoff unfolds, Yoona is forced to revisit her past, from growing up in an abusive household to the upheaval in her ancestral homeland to unwittingly falling in love. She must also confront the truth about what happened to Jaesung on that tragic day, even as her own fate hangs in the balance.Through scenes of political upheaval and protests in South Korea, spirited conversations in cramped dumpling houses, and the quiet moments that happen when two people fall in love, A Small Revolution is a moving narrative brimming with longing, love, fear, and—ultimately—hope.

About Jimin Han

Jimin Han received her MFA at Sarah Lawrence College and her BA from Cornell University. Her work appears in NPR’s Weekend America, Entropy, the Rumpus, HTMLGiant, The Good Men Project, Kartika Review, The NuyorAsian Anthology, and KoreanAmericanStory.org, among others. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute and lives outside New York City with her husband and children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patricia on February 12, 2017

I read an advanced copy. To say it's haunting would be an understatement. I haven't been able to stop thinking about the characters. The only negative about this book is that I couldn't put it down. I stayed up all night reading and was useless the next day. Yes, this for me, is the Breaking Bad of......more

Goodreads review by RedRedtheycallmeRed on April 01, 2017

This books opens with a tense situation, four college women are being held hostage by Lloyd Kang. As the story unfolds, it goes back and forth between the hostage situation and the previous summer in South Korea where Yoona (one of the hostages) meets Lloyd and Jaesung. The story touches on a lot of......more

Goodreads review by 11811 (Eleven) on September 06, 2017

Not necessarily bad but still pretty far from good. I proudly DNF'd........more

Goodreads review by David on April 06, 2018

This is an amazingly urgent novel for one that spends so much time in the past. I wouldn't have thought it could keep me on the edge of my seat like that, going between the immediate moment and elucidating like that, but it really does. I couldn't stop reading, even if I'd wanted to.......more

Goodreads review by Hillary on April 14, 2017

This was another Kindle First Book. I thought it would be interesting, but to be honest, I found it repetitive and slow-moving. Every time I picked it up, I got sleepy. So today, I am at about 68% and decided to give it up. No, I haven't finished.......more