{"product_id":"if-i-had-your-face-1","title":"If I Had Your Face","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Bustle,\u003c\/i\u003e BBC, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post,  InStyle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul  room salon,  an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Kyuri s roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country s biggest conglomerates.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Down the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea s brutal economy.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":55100800991570,"sku":"9780593129487","price":23.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/bild_c4a7b240-bd50-4c6f-9ae7-cfde059f12ab.jpg?v=1792162728","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/if-i-had-your-face-1","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}