{"id":41539,"date":"2017-04-17T10:33:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=41539"},"modified":"2017-04-12T23:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T03:22:03","slug":"small-revolution-jimin-han-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/small-revolution-jimin-han-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"A Small Revolution by Jimin Han [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41412\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/08\/Small-Revolution-by-Jimin-Han-on-BookDragon-via-Booklist-533x800.jpg\" alt=\"Small Revolution by Jimin Han on BookDragon via Booklist\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/08\/Small-Revolution-by-Jimin-Han-on-BookDragon-via-Booklist-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/08\/Small-Revolution-by-Jimin-Han-on-BookDragon-via-Booklist.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/>In a Pennsylvania college dorm, five teens are trapped in a life-and-death situation. The quintet\u2019s point of connection, allegedly dead, is a Korean American student, Jaesung, who was reported to have perished in a recent car fire in Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>Yoona, in whose room the terror plays out, was Jaesung\u2019s lover. Her three classmates serve as bargaining chips. Lloyd, armed with deadly weapons, claims both Jaesung and Yoona as intimate friends since they all shared a cultural study-abroad program the previous summer in Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>Convinced that Jaesung is the victim of a cover-up by a violent, corrupt regime controlling South Korea, Lloyd is determined to rescue Jaesung by any means necessary. Desperate enough to hope, Yoona recounts the events that led to such a menacing outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Entwining personal and political histories on either side of the globe \u2013 \u201cTHE SMALL REVOLUTIONS MAKE THE WAY FOR THE BIG ONES\u201d \u2013 first novelist <a href=\"https:\/\/jiminhan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jimin Han<\/a> exudes a universal immediacy about what can happen when safety and sanity are repeatedly threatened. Although marked by events three decades past, Revolution is a resonant parable for today\u2019s volatile, fearful times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/A-Small-Revolution-Jimin-Han\/pid=8425172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, April 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Pennsylvania college dorm, five teens are trapped in a life-and-death situation. The quintet\u2019s point of connection, allegedly dead, is a Korean American student, Jaesung, who was reported to have perished in a recent car fire in Seoul. 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