Violets

In "Violets," acclaimed author Kyung-Sook Shin presents the poignant journey of San, a neglected twenty-two-year-old navigating loneliness in contemporary Seoul. As she finds a job at a busy flower shop, San grapples with her painful past and her struggle for connection amidst the social pressures of 1990s South Korea. Throughout a tumultuous summer, she encounters a diverse array of characters and becomes fixated on a passing magazine photographer, all while wrestling with themes of misogyny, erasure, and the search for belonging in an often harsh reality.