If I Had Your Face

Produktbeschreibung

'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes <BR><BR>In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge:<BR><BR>Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.<BR>Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite.<BR>Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes.<BR>Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford.<BR><BR>Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide.<BR><BR>'Cha's writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool' Observer<BR><BR>'Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an exposé of the class system in South Korea' Independent<BR><BR>'Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and MALIBU RISING<BR><BR>'One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading' Vogue<BR><BR>'Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE <BR><BR>'Glittering, engrossing' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD <BR><BR>'Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS<BR><BR>'I finished it in two sittings, have re-read it twice since and I'd still happily read it again - it's a serious contender for one of my favourite books ever.' Red<BR><BR>LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021<BR>