EAN: 9781476735085

THE EVENING HERO - MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE KARTONIER...

A moving and captivating (Cathy Park Hong  New York Times bestselling author of Minor Feelings)
novel following a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confront the secrets of
the past or risk watching the world he's worked so hard to build come crumbling down. Dr.
Yungman Kwak is in the twilight of his life. Every day for the last fifty years  he has brushed
his teeth  slipped on his shoes  and headed to Horse Breath's General Hospital  where  as an
obstetrician  he treats the women and babies of the small rural Minnesota town he chose to call
home. This was the life he longed for. The so-called American dream. He immigrated from Korea
after the Korean War  forced to leave his family  ancestors  village  and all that he knew
behind. But his life is built on a lie. And one day  a letter arrives that threatens to expose
it. Yungman's life is thrown into chaos-the hospital abruptly closes  his wife refuses to spend
time with him  and his son is busy investing in a struggling health start-up. Yungman faces a
choice-he must choose to hide his secret from his family and friends or confess and potentially
lose all he's built. He begins to question the very assumptions on which his life is built-the
so-called American dream  with the abject failure of its healthcare system  patients and
neighbors who perpetuate racism  a town flawed with infrastructure  and a history that doesn't
see him in it. Toggling between the past and the present  Korea and America  Evening Hero is a
soulful  melodic  rhapsodic novel (The New York Times) about a man looking back at his life and
asking big questions about what is lost and what is gained when immigrants leave home for new
shores.

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