Hearts of the Morning Calm : An Amerasian Love Story
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Hearts of the Morning Calm: An Amerasian Love Story (2001)
EN PB US SIISBN: 9781931419000 bzw. 1931419000, in Englisch, Avid Press, LLC, Taschenbuch, gebraucht, signiert.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Brockett Designs.
Avid Press, LLC, 2001-06-01. Paperback. Like New. Signed by Author. Collectible, signed by author, edition! Excellent condition. Interior is tight, bright and clean. Paperback cover has minor scuffing and a light crease from shelf wear. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. All items are carefully enclosed with bubble wrap. We ship promptly and worldwide via US Post and will email you a tracking number.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Brockett Designs.
Avid Press, LLC, 2001-06-01. Paperback. Like New. Signed by Author. Collectible, signed by author, edition! Excellent condition. Interior is tight, bright and clean. Paperback cover has minor scuffing and a light crease from shelf wear. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. All items are carefully enclosed with bubble wrap. We ship promptly and worldwide via US Post and will email you a tracking number.
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Hearts of the Morning Calm (2001)
EN PB USISBN: 9781931419000 bzw. 1931419000, in Englisch, 284 Seiten, Avid Pr Llc, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days, Real shipping costs can differ.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Seattlegoodwill.
The Asian and Western worlds are as dissimilar as silk and leather. Still, the Heart is a capricious tailor, mindlessly matching and stitching fabric of its choosing and always, heedless of direction, danger, or damage. Hearts of the Morning Calm--an Amerasian love story--is set in mountainously beautiful South Korea. The novel traces the journey of an American man and an Asian woman who stumble upon one another, discover they share few similarities, fall quite unexpectedly in love, and struggle with cultural, practical, and personal difficulties as their willful hearts lead them to an impossible situation. The Novel opens on a December evening in 1998 along the rocky, fog shrouded, Oregon coast. Above the breakers sits a darkened Victorian house. In an upstairs bedroom, an emaciated man lies dying. He holds a yellow-edged photograph of a young Asian woman. His oldest friend sits nearby. Their discussion of the woman transitions the scene to 1978 and Seoul, Korea. There, happenstance introduces an American man to an Asian woman. Their brief encounter initiates an emotional journey that ends twenty years later in the coastal gloom of an Oregon night. In the summer of 1978, Jason Fitzgerald, an Army pilot, is stationed in Korea, or, Chosun, Land of the Morning Calm. Like most soldiers, Jason has no interest in Koreans or their culture. Methodically making his way through a one-year tour of duty, his days are spent flying helicopters, visiting souvenir shops, drinking in the GI bars, bantering with the Korean prostitutes, counting the days to return “Stateside,ö and generally immersed in the micro-American world created by the Army and local Korean businesses. From Jason´s perspective, Korean history began approximately the same time he arrived “in country,ö and Korean women are “prototype people,ö temporary and passing curiosities, unworthy of sustained interest. Lee Kwang Young is a woman raised in the traditions and values of her country´s ancient culture; yet, she stands at the vanguard of the modern Korean woman. In conflict with her heritage, she is unwilling to accept the Asian woman´s centuries old, subservient “pillow-role.ö Breaking with tradition, she seeks and is accepted for training as a Korean Airlines flight attendant--a fateful decision. Unlike Jason´s bar girls, she is educated, witty, independent, and dangerously curious about the western world. Normally, American soldiers and Koreans of either gender don´t form relationships. Miss Lee´s culture considers foreigners--and American soldiers specifically--“barbarians.ö The soldiers believe Koreans are inexplicably bizarre, and their country depressingly third world. However, circumstance, chance, and fate combine to break this dictum and unite this most unlikely pair. Miss Lee´s Asian curiosity and Jason´s heartland America innocence will combine to spark the changes and conflicts both endure. The result? A mutual journey neither seeks, expects, nor can control. Traveling the country to places like, Dragon Valley, Nam San Tower, the extinct Halla-San volcano, Suwon´s Korean Folk Village, and the gigantic warrior monuments at the Han River Gap, Miss Lee shows Jason five thousand years of Korean culture. Jason shows her that Americans are not barbarians and changes his view of Korea--and Korean women. Though they share few similarities, the couple slowly, almost against their will, fall unexpectedly in love. As the story unfolds, they encounter both joy and sorrow while fighting cultural taboos, prejudice, and the inexorable press of time as they struggle to solve their increasingly intricate and complex puzzle. Paperback, Label: Avid Pr Llc, Avid Pr Llc, Product group: Book, Published: 2001-06-01, Studio: Avid Pr Llc, Sales rank: 10489605.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Seattlegoodwill.
The Asian and Western worlds are as dissimilar as silk and leather. Still, the Heart is a capricious tailor, mindlessly matching and stitching fabric of its choosing and always, heedless of direction, danger, or damage. Hearts of the Morning Calm--an Amerasian love story--is set in mountainously beautiful South Korea. The novel traces the journey of an American man and an Asian woman who stumble upon one another, discover they share few similarities, fall quite unexpectedly in love, and struggle with cultural, practical, and personal difficulties as their willful hearts lead them to an impossible situation. The Novel opens on a December evening in 1998 along the rocky, fog shrouded, Oregon coast. Above the breakers sits a darkened Victorian house. In an upstairs bedroom, an emaciated man lies dying. He holds a yellow-edged photograph of a young Asian woman. His oldest friend sits nearby. Their discussion of the woman transitions the scene to 1978 and Seoul, Korea. There, happenstance introduces an American man to an Asian woman. Their brief encounter initiates an emotional journey that ends twenty years later in the coastal gloom of an Oregon night. In the summer of 1978, Jason Fitzgerald, an Army pilot, is stationed in Korea, or, Chosun, Land of the Morning Calm. Like most soldiers, Jason has no interest in Koreans or their culture. Methodically making his way through a one-year tour of duty, his days are spent flying helicopters, visiting souvenir shops, drinking in the GI bars, bantering with the Korean prostitutes, counting the days to return “Stateside,ö and generally immersed in the micro-American world created by the Army and local Korean businesses. From Jason´s perspective, Korean history began approximately the same time he arrived “in country,ö and Korean women are “prototype people,ö temporary and passing curiosities, unworthy of sustained interest. Lee Kwang Young is a woman raised in the traditions and values of her country´s ancient culture; yet, she stands at the vanguard of the modern Korean woman. In conflict with her heritage, she is unwilling to accept the Asian woman´s centuries old, subservient “pillow-role.ö Breaking with tradition, she seeks and is accepted for training as a Korean Airlines flight attendant--a fateful decision. Unlike Jason´s bar girls, she is educated, witty, independent, and dangerously curious about the western world. Normally, American soldiers and Koreans of either gender don´t form relationships. Miss Lee´s culture considers foreigners--and American soldiers specifically--“barbarians.ö The soldiers believe Koreans are inexplicably bizarre, and their country depressingly third world. However, circumstance, chance, and fate combine to break this dictum and unite this most unlikely pair. Miss Lee´s Asian curiosity and Jason´s heartland America innocence will combine to spark the changes and conflicts both endure. The result? A mutual journey neither seeks, expects, nor can control. Traveling the country to places like, Dragon Valley, Nam San Tower, the extinct Halla-San volcano, Suwon´s Korean Folk Village, and the gigantic warrior monuments at the Han River Gap, Miss Lee shows Jason five thousand years of Korean culture. Jason shows her that Americans are not barbarians and changes his view of Korea--and Korean women. Though they share few similarities, the couple slowly, almost against their will, fall unexpectedly in love. As the story unfolds, they encounter both joy and sorrow while fighting cultural taboos, prejudice, and the inexorable press of time as they struggle to solve their increasingly intricate and complex puzzle. Paperback, Label: Avid Pr Llc, Avid Pr Llc, Product group: Book, Published: 2001-06-01, Studio: Avid Pr Llc, Sales rank: 10489605.
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Hearts of the Morning Calm : An Amerasian Love Story
EN PB USISBN: 9781931419000 bzw. 1931419000, in Englisch, Avid Press, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Free shipping.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Atlanta Book Co. [53553014], Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Atlanta Book Co. [53553014], Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases.
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