{"id":47505,"date":"2020-11-19T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47505"},"modified":"2020-11-18T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T13:41:33","slug":"my-brilliant-life-by-ae-ran-kim-translated-by-chi-young-kim-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/my-brilliant-life-by-ae-ran-kim-translated-by-chi-young-kim-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The youngest winner ever of multiple important literary prizes in her native Korea, Ae-ran Kim\u2019s first full-length novel arrives Stateside, hauntingly English-enabled by lauded translator Chi-Young Kim (no relation). Areum suffers from progeria, a rare disease that causes rapid, premature aging: \u201cMy dad sees his future eighty-year-old face in mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 16, he\u2019s the age his parents were when they had him. Their life together has hardly been easy, although undoubtedly, love and devotion have never been in short supply. His immediate plan is to \u201cwrite a story of my parents from the very beginning and give this to them for my seventeenth birthday.\u201d Knowing their time together is limited, \u201cinstead of awards or a college diploma, I would gift them a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a final hospital stay looming, Areum agrees to appear on a reality TV show that promises him much-needed funds and connects virtually with another ill teen with whom he shares hopeful dreams. In a narrative about fatal illness, compounding moments of insight and joy resonate deeply, with heartwarming results.<\/p>\n

YA\/Mature Readers<\/b>: Reminiscent of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars<\/em><\/a> (2012) \u2013 with more poignancy and charm \u2013 the struggles of this YA cast will surely resonate.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Fiction,” Booklist<\/em>, November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2011 (Korea), 2020 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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