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Please Look After Mom 엄마를 부탁해

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Please Look After Mom (Korean: 엄마를 부탁해) is a novel by South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin. It sold a million copies within 10 months of release in 2009 in South Korea, is critically acclaimed internationally and the English translation by Chi-young Kim won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. The novel has been adapted as a stage play and musical. As of April 2012, the book has sold two million copies and the publisher has printed a 10,000-copy special edition to commemorate the achievement.

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Please Look After Mom (엄마를 부탁해) — verified Korean book. Published 2008. By Shin Kyung-sook.

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• Genre: domestic fiction
• Original language: Korean
• Author: Kyong-suk Sin
• First published: 2000
• Language: Korean
• Released: 2009
• Translator: Chi-young Kim
• Award: 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize
• Title: 엄마를 부탁해
• Published: 2008년 11월 5일
• Publisher: 창비
• Serialized: 2007년 겨울부터 2008년 여름까지 《창작과비평》

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• Open Library lists the Korean name as Please Look After Mom; KoreaAPI uses 엄마를 부탁해 (chosen by source authority).

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