Overview
"It is an achievement."Ā āMary Gaitskill
"Clear-sighted and unafraid... this is, simply put, an excellent novel." āLing Ma, author of Severance and Bliss Montage
"Chilling, tender, fierce and sharp... one of the most original novels about sisters and family I've read in some time.āĀ āAlexander Chee, author ofĀ How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
āYouāre my sister, but Iām not sure I love you. Iām not sure I love anyone. But if someone hurt you Iād want to kill him. Iād want him to die in pain. And he has hurt youā¦āĀ
After years of estrangement, Minah, Sarah, and Esther have been forced together again. Called to their fatherās deathbed, the sisters must confront a man little changed by the fact of his mortality. Vicious and pathetic in equal measure, Eugene Kim wants one thing: to see which of his children will abject themselves for his favorā and more importantly, his fortune. From their childhood in California to the depths of a mid-Atlantic winter, the solitary sisters Kim must face a brutal past colliding with their present. Grasping at their broken bonds of sisterhood, they will do what is necessary to escape the tragedy of their circumstancesāwhatever the cost.Ā
For Minah, the eldest, the money would be recompense for their fatherās cruelty. A practicing lawyer with an icy pragmatism, she dreams of a family of her own and sets to work on securing her inheritance. For Sarah, a gifted and embittered academic who wields her intelligence like a weapon, confronting her father again forces her to reckon with the desperation of her present life. It is left to the youngestā directionless and loving Estherā to care for their father in her lonely quest to do right by everyone. A fortune pales in comparison to the prospect of finally reuniting with her sisters.Ā
With a legacy of violence haunting their lives, the sisters dare to imagine a better future even as their fatherās poison courses through their blood. A contemporary reimagining of Dostoevskyās dark classic, The Brothers Karamazov, Maureen Sunās brilliant debut is a vivid and visceral exploration of rage, shame, and the betrayals of intimacy.
This book title, The Sisters K, ISBN: 9781961884069, by Maureen Sun, published by The Unnamed Press (June 11, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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