FromtheNationalBookAwardwinningauthor,anextraordinary,ground-breaking,epicmulti-generationalnovelaboutaKoreanfamilylivingunderJapaneseoccupation.In1930sJapanese-occupiedKorea,LeeWoo-cheolwasarunningprodigyandacontenderfortheupcomingTokyoOlympics.ButhewouldhavehadtorunundertheJapaneseflag.Nearlyacenturylater,hisgranddaughterislivinginJapanandtrainingtorunamarathonherself.ShesummonsKoreanshamanstoholdanintense,transcendentritualtoconnectwithLeeWoo-cheol.Whenhisghostappears,alongsidethoseofhisbrotherLeeWoo-Gun,andtheiryoungneighbor,whowasforcedtobecomeacomfortwomantoJapanesesoldiersstationedinChinaduringWorldWarII,shemustuncovertheirstoriestofreetheirsouls.Whatshediscoversisattheheartofthissweeping,majesticnovelaboutafamilythatendureddeath,love,betrayal,war,politicalupheaval,andghosts,bothvengefulandwistful.Apoeticmasterpiecethatisafeatofhistoricalfiction,epicfamilysaga,andmind-bendingstory-tellingacrobatics,TheEndofAugustisamarathonofliterature.
