Princess Bari

Synopsis

A Modern-day Quest Novel From One Of Korea's Most Renowned Novelists. Princess Bari Tells The Story Of A Young Girl, Frail And Brave, Who Escapes From Famine And Death In North Korea In The 1990s. Seeking Refuge In China Before Crossing Oceans In The Hold Of A Cargo Ship, She Disembarks In London, With Its Strange Mix Of Different Cultures, Religions, And Languages. In This Foreign City, Bari Becomes A Masseuse, But She Doesn't Just Heal The Body, She Also Comforts Souls, Having Learnt From Her Beloved Grandmother To Read The Pain And Nightmares Of Others. Alone And In A Strange Land, Bari Will Have To Fight, Through Pain And Deepening Sadness, To Find Love And The Will To Stay Alive. With Princess Bari, Hwang Sok-yong Entwines An Old Korean Myth -- Of An Abandoned Princess Travelling To The Ends Of The Earth To Find The Elixir Of Life, Which Will Bring Peace To The Souls Of The Dead -- With The Ethereal And Haunting Backdrop Of The Modern World. Hwang Sok-yong ; Sora Kim-russell, Translator.