The Calligrapher's Daughter is a beautiful, deliberate, and satisfying story spanning thirty years of Korean history, weaving a nuanced historical portrait rich in detail and resonant with meaning and wisdom. Najin Han, a privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny, but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition. When he seeks to marry fourteen-year-old Najin into an aristocratic family, her mother defies generations of obedient wives and sends her daughter to serve in the king's court as a companion to a young princess. But the king is soon assassinated, and the centuries-old dynastic culture comes to its end. Najin begins a journey through increasing oppression that will change her world forever, and the unexpected love she finds along the way may be enough to sustain her through the violence and subjugation her country continues to face.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A Beautiful, Deliberate, and Satisfying Story Spanning Thirty Years of Korean History

Publishers Weekly

Kim weaves a wonderfully nuanced historical portrait, rich in detail and resonant with meaning and wisdom.

Independent

In Korea, Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother - but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition, especially as the Japanese steadily gain control of his beloved country. When he seeks to marry fourteen-year-old Najin into an aristocratic family, her mother defies generations of obedient wives and instead sends her daughter to serve in the king's court as a companion to a young princess. But the king is soon assassinated, and the centuries-old dynastic culture comes to its end. In the shadow of the dying monarchy, Najin begins a journey through increasing oppression that will change her world forever. As she desperately seeks to continue her education, will the unexpected love she finds along the way be enough to sustain her through the violence and subjugation her country continues to face?

Spanning Thirty Years, The Calligrapher's Daughter Is an Exquisite Novel About a Country Torn Between Ancient Customs and Modern Possibilities, a Family Ultimately United by Love, and a Woman Who Never Gives Up Her Search for Freedom

Weight: 278g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526608666