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02656aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 D20E263A598611EC9F5A40905DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211210010012 007 tb 008 210714t20212021nyu d 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0063119692 020 $a 9780063119697 035 $a (OCoLC)1262667977 040 $a CNNWP $b eng $e rda $c CNNWP $d BDX $d PX0 $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3611.I454535 $b B43 2021b 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Kim, Juhea, $e author. 245 10 $a Beasts of a little land : $b a novel / $c Juhea Kim. 250 $a First Harper Large Print edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, $c [2021] 300 $a 565 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 520 $a In 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. In an instant, their fates are connected, and from this encounter unfolds a saga that spans half a century. In the aftermath, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver's courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status. When she befriends an orphan boy named JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets of Seoul, they form a deep friendship. As they come of age, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence, and Jade becomes a sought-after performer with a new romantic prospect of noble birth. Soon Jade must decide whether she will risk everything for the one who would do the same for her. From the perfumed chambers of a courtesan school in Pyongyang to the glamorous cafes of a modernizing Seoul and the boreal forests of Manchuria, where battles rage, Juhea Kim's unforgettable characters forge their destinies as they wager their nation's. Immersive and elegant, the story unveils a world where friends become enemies, enemies become saviors, heroes are persecuted, and beasts take many shapes. 650 0 $a Courtesans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Orphans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romance fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20221231011537.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221227010320.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211210010049.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D20E263A598611EC9F5A40905DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search