Título: Shelter
Autor: Jung Yun
Sinopse: "Shelter is domestic drama at its best, a gripping narrative of secrets and revelations that seized me from beginning to end."—Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of The Sympathizer One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the Year (Selected by Edan Lepucki) Now BuzzFeed's #1 Most Buzzed About Book of 2016 So Far Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Kyung Cho is a young father burdened by a house he can’t afford. For years, he and his wife, Gillian, have lived beyond their means. Now their debts and bad decisions are catching up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family’s future. A few miles away, his parents, Jin and Mae, live in the town’s most exclusive neighborhood, surrounded by the material comforts that Kyung desires for his wife and son. Growing up, they gave him every possible advantage—private tutors, expensive hobbies—but they never showed him kindness. Kyung can hardly bear to see them now, much less ask for their help. Yet when an act of violence leaves Jin and Mae unable to live on their own, the dynamic suddenly changes, and he’s compelled to take them in. For the first time in years, the Chos find themselves living under the same roof. Tensions quickly mount as Kyung’s proximity to his parents forces old feelings of guilt and anger to the surface, along with a terrible and persistent question: how can he ever be a good husband, father, and son when he never knew affection as a child? As Shelter veers swiftly toward its startling conclusion, Jung Yun leads us through dark and violent territory, where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. Shelter is a masterfully crafted debut novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Shelter”, de Jung Yun, publicado pela editora Picador USA, em 2016 e com 337 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Picador USA
Páginas: 337
Ano: 2016
Edição: 2
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9781250075642
ISBN13: 9781250075642
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora PICADOR USA costumam apresentar uma leitura que mescla reflexão profunda e narrativa envolvente, com temas que vão da filosofia antiga à vida cotidiana contemporânea. O catálogo revela obras que exploram questões sociais e políticas, como a análise do poder e da identidade, ao lado de relatos pessoais e culturais marcados por tensões familiares e experiências de imigração. Há uma diversidade perceptível entre textos mais densos e teóricos e outros que privilegiam o tom intimista e o humor, criando contrastes entre o rigor acadêmico e a leveza da prosa ou da poesia. Essa variedade convida o leitor a navegar entre diferentes ritmos e estilos, sempre com foco em histórias que trazem um olhar crítico e sensível sobre a condição humana.
