New Releases by Paul Yoon

From the beloved award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a spectacular collection of unique stories, each confronting themes of identity, belonging, and the collision of cultures across countries and centuries. Winner of The Story Prize Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize A Time Top 10 Best Fiction Book of 2023 and Must Read Book of 2023 A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Library Journal, Electric Literature, and the New York Public Library ''Paul Yoon writes stories the way Fabergé made eggs: with untold craftsmanship, artistry, and delicacy.'' Ann Patchett ''A master at finding depth of emotion in formal restraint.'' Hernan Diaz Absorbing...Yoon details fully realized and flawed characters attempting to wade through the complexities of immigrant life...[and] asks urgent questions about what it really means to belong somewhere.'' Time, 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 A boy searches for his father, a prison guard on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her estranged son. A samurai escorts an orphan to his countrymen in the Edo Period. A formerly incarcerated man starts a new life in a small town in upstate New York and attempts to build a family. The Hive and the Honey is a bold and indelible collection by celebrated author Paul Yoon, one that portrays the vastness and complexity of diasporic communities, with each story bringing to light the knotty inheritances of their characters. How does a North Korean defector connect with the child she once left behind? What are the traumas that haunt a Korean settlement in Far East Russia? Lauded as a “quotidian-surreal craft-master” (New York magazine), Yoon’s stunning stories are laced with beauty and cruelty, and The Hive and the Honey is the work of an author writing at the very height of his powers.

«Con In un piccolo cielo, Paul Yoon dimostra, ancora una volta, di essere un maestro nel raccontare la profondità delle emozioni e nel rivelare il nucleo delle questioni più urgenti dei nostri giorni, sempre con un controllo formale totale e ammirevole.» Hernan Diaz, autore di Il falco, finalista al Premio Pulitzer e al PEN/Faulkner Award 2018 «Yoon tesse un’intensa meditazione sulla devastazione e lo spiazzamento indotti dalla guerra.» «The New York Times Book Review» «In un piccolo cielo è un capolavoro, feroce, tenero, saggio, sconvolgente, pulsante di amore e di speranza. Se credete nel potere taumaturgico della letteratura, questo è il libro che fa per voi. Consigliatelo agli amici. » Miriam Toews, autrice di I miei piccoli dispiaceri ««In un piccolo cielo è un capolavoro, feroce, tenero, saggio, sconvolgente, pulsante di amore e di speranza. Se credete nel potere taumaturgico della letteratura, questo è il libro che fa per voi. Consigliatelo agli amici». » Miriam Toews, autrice di I miei piccoli dispiaceri ««Con In un piccolo cielo, Paul Yoon dimostra, ancora una volta, di essere un maestro nel raccontare la profondità delle emozioni e nel rivelare il nucleo delle questioni più urgenti dei nostri giorni, sempre con un controllo formale totale e ammirevole».» Hernan Diaz, autore di Il falco, finalista al Premio Pulitzer e al PEN/Faulkner Award 2018 ««Yoon tesse un’intensa meditazione sulla devastazione e lo spiazzamento indotti dalla guerra». » «The New York Times Book Review» Laos 1969. Alisak, Prany e Noi sono tre adolescenti amici da sempre, nati in un piccolo villaggio, dove le case erano così vicine e i muri così sottili che tutti sentivano i respiri di tutti. Rimasti orfani e accomunati dalla necessità di sopravvivere in un luogo estremamente pericoloso, si rifugiano in un ospedale bombardato, dove incontrano Vang, un medico votato alla cura e al sollievo dei civili feriti. I ragazzi lo aiutano lavorando come corrieri, guidando motociclette di fortuna tra campi pieni di granate inesplose, sotto l’incessante, indiscriminato fuoco di fila che scende dal cielo. In un mondo in cui il paesaggio e le strade sono diventate un mare di bombe, li seguiamo nella loro vita quotidiana, fin quando Vang troverà loro posto sugli ultimi elicotteri che lasciano il paese. Una mossa dalle conseguenze irrevocabili che li porterà su strade diverse, e diversamente impervie, in giro per il mondo. Intrecciando vite e storie percorse dalla bellezza e dalla crudeltà, Paul Yoon ci regala un romanzo che è insieme uno straordinario documento storico e un’intensa analisi del potere della speranza, della perseveranza e della grazia.

From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a “spellbinding” (The Washington Post) novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as “one of those rare novels that stays with us to become a standard with which we measure other books.” Alisak, Prany, and Noi—three orphans united by devastating loss—must do what is necessary to survive the perilous landscape of 1960s Laos. When they take shelter in a bombed out field hospital, they meet Vang, a doctor dedicated to helping the wounded at all costs. Soon the teens are serving as motorcycle couriers, delicately navigating their bikes across the fields filled with unexploded bombs, beneath the indiscriminate barrage from the sky. In a world where the landscape and the roads have turned into an ocean of bombs, we follow their grueling days of rescuing civilians and searching for medical supplies, until Vang secures their evacuation on the last helicopters leaving the country. It’s a move with irrevocable consequences—and sets them on disparate and treacherous paths across the world. Spanning decades, this “richly layered” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) book weaves together storylines laced with beauty and cruelty. Paul Yoon’s “greatest skill lies in crafting subtle moments that underline the strange and specific sadness inherent to trauma” (Time) and this book is a breathtaking historical feat and a fierce study of the powers of hope, perseverance, and grace.

Two brothers living in the mountains of West Virginia describe their family, home, and favorite pastimes.

1954. À la fin de la guerre de Corée et au sortir des camps de prisonniers établis par les Américains, Yohan, un jeune soldat du Nord, se voit proposer, comme à des milliers de ses camarades d''infortune, de s''expatrier. Il choisit le Brésil, dont il ne sait rien et ne parle pas la langue, et s''installe, en vertu d''un accord passé avec les Nations unies, dans un village sur la côte où il trouve du travail. Bien qu''étranger sur cette terre, Yohan trouve un père en la personne de son employeur, Kiyoshi, un tailleur japonais établi là depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, puis une famille auprès de Peixe, fils de pêcheurs devenu gardien de l''église du quartier, et de deux jeunes orphelins. Mais vouloir se construire un présent n''efface pas un passé douloureux, et Yohan devra se battre pour chasser les démons qui le hantent... À la manière d''Alessandro Baricco dans Soie, Paul Yoon, l''auteur d''Autrefois le rivage, saisit l''essence de la vie et sa beauté dans la résilience d''un être qui survit à l''horreur et se réinvente. « Paul Yoon réussit à transformer des scènes ordinaires en véritables instants de grâce. Un roman minimaliste et magnifiquement maîtrisé. » - Kirkus Review

In recent years, a radical chain reaction of events has pushed Panama into a state of depression - economically, environmentally and socially. A history of negligence and ignorance by the government has resulted in an obsession with tourism and services to build the country''s economy, leaving no support for the rural population, most now subsistence farmers. In need of food to survive, this large population of impoverished rural dwellers desperately practice illegal and unsustainable agricultural techniques that are wiping out the country''s forests at an alarming rate, giving Panama the 9th fastest rate of deforestation globally. Deforestation has destroyed the soil''s ability to absorb carbon and water, and Panama is a major contributor to climate change. The country has experienced major intensification of extreme weather conditions and natural disasters. An increased fluctuation of weather conditions has badly affected the country''s hydroelectric energy sources, and Panama has grown a huge dependency on oil to produce energy, all of which is imported from the USA. As it stands, the nation is in a state of emergency. Alleviation of a hugely agonized country is imperative and Panama demands a new strategy for positive development. Precedents have shown how a new set of government policies, dedicated to infrastructural planning, have greatly contributed to improve the social and economic conditions in south and central America particularly Brazil (Curitiba), Colombia (Medellin), Chile, Venezuela (Caracas) and Costa Rica.

Une petite île au large de la Corée du Sud, autrefois fréquentée par les pêcheurs, aujourd''hui envahie par les touristes. C''est le décor qu''a choisi le jeune écrivain américain d''origine coréenne Paul Yoon pour situer son premier livre, qui se déploie sur plus d''un demi-siècle, de la guerre de Corée à nos jours. À l''image de la nouvelle qui donne son titre au recueil et raconte l''amitié improbable entre une vieille dame, la veuve d''un soldat américain, et un jeune serveur coréen bouleversé par la mort accidentelle de son frère, l''écriture lumineuse et mélancolique de Paul Yoon sait exprimer secrets et silences. Ces instants où le chagrin ouvre à la réconciliation, lorsque les non-dits, aussi assourdissants que l''écho des armes, s''évanouissent enfin. « La grande beauté de ce livre tient à sa retenue, dans la douceur comme dans la dureté : Paul Yoon possède déjà un vrai talent. » The New York Times

Un giovane prigioniero di guerra nordcoreano, ribattezzato Yohan dagli americani, viene mandato via nave in Brasile perché si ricostruisca una vita dopo gli orrori di un conflitto che ha finora poco interessato la letteratura. Grazie all’abilità manuale di cui ha dato prova al campo, viene assegnato come aiutante alla bottega di un sarto giapponese, a sua volta emigrato, a sua volta spaesato. Ed è grazie al silenzio leggero, colmo di gentilezza, saggezza ed empatia, del sarto, e all’incontro con due straordinari ragazzi di strada brasiliani, che Yohan a poco a poco comincia a rinascere, a creare legami di affetto, e perfino a sognare. L’atmosfera magica inserisce questa storia in un percorso di speranza che la porterà a una conclusione felice.

"A highly anticipated debut novel from 5 Under 35 National Book Foundation honoree featuring a Korean War refugee who emigrates to Brazil to become a tailor''s apprentice and confronts the wreckage of his past"--

We are proud to introduce seven powerful, original, and irresistible novels coming in 2013 from Simon & Schuster: The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, Y, Middle Men, Motherland, The Why of Things, The Gravity of Birds, and Snow Hunters. This sample features exclusive excerpts, interviews with the writers, and commentary from the books’ editors. · In The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne, an eleven-year-old pop megastar searches for his identity in the dark heart of America''s monstrous obsession with fame. · Marjorie Celona’s highly acclaimed and exquisitely rendered debut, Y, follows a wise-beyond-her-years foster child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of the local YMCA. · From an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, Motherland is a powerful story of a love triangle set in England, France, India, and Jamaica against the backdrop of World War II. · In Middle Men, Stegner Fellow and New Yorker contributor Jim Gavin delivers a hilarious and panoramic vision of California, portraying a group of men, from young dreamers to old vets, as they make valiant forays into middle-class respectability. · Tracy Guzeman''s compelling debut novel, The Gravity of Birds, follows the ordeal of an art authenticator and an art historian employed by a famous, reclusive painter to sell a never-before-seen portrait, leading them to discover devastating secrets two sisters have kept from each other, and from the artist. · In Snow Hunters, an elegant, haunting, and highly anticipated debut novel from 5 Under 35 National Book Foundation honoree Paul Yoon, a North Korean war refugee confronts the wreckage of his past. · From the critically acclaimed author of December comes The Why Of Things, a buoyant and beautiful new novel about a family struggling in the aftermath of a suicide. Each author is an accomplished artist and has created a lasting work you’ll want to read and relish and talk about.

Ethereal stories set on a South Korean island introduce a haunting new voice in international fiction.

It seems that Sam, Daniel, Lucy, and Christine have advance into the final round of a science quiz contest and the match is at the Dream Land Amusement Park.

Multiple attribute decision making (MADM) procedures, a process for making preference decisions over the available alternatives which are characterized by multiple (usually conflicting) attributes are useful for improving decision making in a wide range of circumstances--from professional to managerial to political. Using real-world case examples, the authors introduce the reader to normative (for optimal decisions) MADM models. Beginning in chapter 2 with and introductions to the various attributes in a decision, the authors explore how MADM methods can be used for descriptive purposes to model the existing decision-making process, noncompensatory and scoring methods, accommodation of soft data, construction of a multiple decision support system, and the validity of methods. The authors also include a presentation of the advanced procedures of TOPSIS and ELECTRE. This manual offers social scientists an encapsulated view of MADM methods, their characteristics, applicability, and the methods for solving MADM problems.