Almond

a novel

Belletristik

• FS.E : Fremdsprachige Schriften : Einzelne Sprachen : Englische Schriften
• DR : Belletristik : Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen

Verfasser:
Son, Won Pyeong

Verfasser Angabe:
Won-Pyung Sohn. Translated from the Korean by Sandy Joosun Lee

Personen:
Lee, Sandy Joosun

Sprache:
Englisch

• Englisch
• Freundschaft
• Familie
• Gefühl
• Männliche Jugend
• Belletristische Darstellung
• Erwachsenwerden
• Krankheit
• Trauer

Verlag:
Harper Via

Erscheinungsort:
New York

Jahr:
2020

Umfang:
259 Seiten

Fußnote:
Text: Englisch

ISBN:
9780062961389

Interessenskreise:
American Literature
American Shelves

Inhalt:
This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.
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 provide him with a safe and content life. 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.

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 they develop a surprising bond.

As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people - including a girl at school - something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life at risk, Yunjae will have the chance to step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become the hero he never thought he would be.

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