{"product_id":"invitation-stories-paperback","title":"Invitation: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMi Jin Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eInvitation\u003c\/i\u003e, men and women try and fail to connect to the people they want to be with. As they remember the first people who dominated their lives--parents, best friends, cousins, crushes--they find themselves repeating old patterns. A boy shares seemingly disturbing details about his mother's disappearance with an aloof tutor. A man stalks an ex-girlfriend but finds her missing. A woman wakes up in an empty apartment--and to every mother's worst nightmare. When a callous young man penetrates the bell jar of an elderly couple's quiet life, their live-in assistant learns a cruel lesson about loyalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why are we the way we are with one another? And what do our relationships ask us to become? In these stories, set mostly in South Korea, all must contend with the uncertainty and danger that comes with connection, real or imagined. These stories by Mi Jin Kim ask us to consider what it is we really want from the people we think we need. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMi Jin Kim\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Seoul and grew up in Los Angeles. A graduate of the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan, her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuarter after Eight\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eswamp pink\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in rural South Korea with her family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266490089721,"sku":"9781496244345","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ff8zWL0Qi39781496244345.webp?v=1768851681","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/invitation-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}