Bibliograph

Marilyn and me, Ji-min Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim

Type

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Marilyn and me, Ji-min Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Marilyn and me

Responsibility statement

Ji-min Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim

Summary

A gripping and heartwrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating - and timely - insight into an extraordinary time and place. Set in 1954, in the aftermath of the Korean war, Marilyn and Me unfolds over the course of four days, when Marilyn Monroe - who was meant to be on honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio - toured Korea, performing for the US soldiers stationed there. Her translator is Alice, a typist on the US base - where she is the only Korean woman to make a living off the American military without being a prostitute (although everyone assumes she is). As these two women begin an unlikely friendship, the story of Alice's traumatic experience in the war emerges, and when she becomes embroiled in a sting operation involving the entrapment of a Communist spy she is forced to confront the past she has been trying so hard to forget

Target audience

adult

Classification