{"product_id":"love-in-the-big-city","title":"Love in the Big City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eLove in the Big City is a novel that explores millennial loneliness and the joys of queer life, following Young, a cynical Korean student, and his relationships with men. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 28 October 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove in the Big City is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe and Jaehee, his female best friend, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money with rounds of soju and Marlboro Reds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver time, even Jaehee leaves Young to settle down, leaving him alone to care for his ailing mother and to find companionship in his relationships with a series of men, including one whose handsomeness is matched by his coldness, and another who might end up being the great love of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove in the Big City is an exploration of millennial loneliness as well as the joys of queer life, that should appeal to readers of Sayaka Murata, Han Kang, and Cho Nam-Joo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 199 x 20 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781911284659                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sang Young Park","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44098986180858,"sku":"9781911284659","price":8.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/love-in-the-big-city","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}