{"product_id":"love-in-the-big-city-by-sang-young-park","title":"Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1773335276983_142\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Sang Young Park, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in the Big City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they suppress their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money with rounds of soju and freezer-chilled Marlboro Reds. Yet in time even Jaehee settles down, leaving Young alone to care for his ailing mother and find companionship in his relationships with a series of men, including one whose handsomeness is matched by his coldness, and another who might end up being the great love of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-quantity-input\" data-item-id=\"683d713e21ba4c0a94529030\" data-animation-role=\"content\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1773335276983_141\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quantity-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 28 Oct 2021, Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911284659\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 217 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57079889002878,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781911284659.jpg?v=1773335517","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/love-in-the-big-city-by-sang-young-park","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}