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Simple Heart

Simple Heart

Haejin, Cho
Chang, Jamie

Paperback

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 1635425816
ISBN13: 9781635425819
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: Feb 3 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
A Best Book of the Year So Far by The New Yorker

In this moving exploration of dual identities reminiscent of Past Lives, a writer's pregnancy raises questions about her own childhood abandonment.

Nana, a Korean-born playwright, was adopted as a child and raised in France by her adoptive parents. Pregnant with the child of her ex-boyfriend, Nana receives a request from a Korean filmmaker who wishes to make a documentary about her life. Following a sudden compulsion to learn more about her roots, she heads to Seoul as she prepares to bring a new life into the world. There, through unexpected encounters, the dark threads of her memory gradually begin to unravel.

Simple Heart delves into profound questions about identity and belonging, with a focus on family connections and motherhood that recalls Kyung-Sook Shin's Please Look After Mom. It also shines a necessary light on issues such as international adoption and the historic US military presence in Korea.

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