{"product_id":"the-loom-tree","title":"The Loom Tree","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAngela Mi Young Hur\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of The Loom Tree, The Queens of K-Town, and Folklorn, which was an Indie Next Pick and a Best Books of the Year at NPR and The New York Times. Previously a teacher at Writopia and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea, she has a B.A. in English from Harvard and an MFA in Creative Writing from Notre Dame, where she won the Sparks Fellowship and the Sparks Prize. She is originally from California, but now lives with her family in Sweden and can be found online at AngelaHur.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Angela Mi Young Hur\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Magical, surreal, and wonderfully eccentric. It wouldn't be fair to compare \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loom Tree\u003c\/i\u003e to \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e or \n\u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e, but if both those books had a fever dream, it might approximate this book. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loom Tree\u003c\/i\u003e manifests its own subgenre--fairytale dark academia, perhaps?--with audacious swagger, and reckons with the past by reckoning with the scope of story. I highly recommend for lovers of fairytales and mythology, particularly for anyone who longed to see themselves in those stories, or who searched for a story where they could belong.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Olivie Blake\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlas Six\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rich and textured as a tapestry, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loom Tree\u003c\/i\u003e weaves the danger and intrigue of dark academia with the enchantment and resonance of story: the secret histories of our families, the folk tales that untangle ancestral memories and tap into our intertwined roots, and the tales we write and rewrite for ourselves just as we are coming into our own power. Mesmerizing.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Laura Ruby\u003c\/b\u003e, Two-Time National Book Award Finalist and Author of \n\u003ci\u003eBone Gap\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loom Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is an alchemical gyre of myth and family history, friendship and song, all expertly woven into a delightful tale of magical academia. It is endlessly surprising and immensely moving--a story of stories reclaimed, reinvented, and set free.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jedediah Berry\u003c\/b\u003e, Crawford Award-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Naming Song\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From the moment I first stepped into the world of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loom Tree, \u003c\/i\u003eI was swept up in its spell. Angela Mi Young Hur has woven a fever dream of a modern fairy tale within the pages of a book that is at once an innovative campus novel, a reclamation of lost heritage, and a deep-dive into the world's myths, all with a resonant and deeply human Korean-American experience beating at its fantastical heart.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Lynn D. Jung, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \n\u003ci\u003eMothsblood\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ghost story, family saga, parable, feminist reimagined myth: Angela Mi Young Hur's hugely ambitious Folklorn is a spellbinding shape-shifter of a novel that tackles questions of race, culture, and history head-on, exploring the blurry boundaries between past and present, fact and fantasy, and personal and cultural--or cosmic.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Celeste Ng\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003e Little Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003e Folklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dark, difficult, and riveting-- \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn \u003c\/i\u003egave me endless trouble, and I appreciate it.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--R. F. Kuang\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eBabel\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eKatabasis\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An elegant punch to the face . . . beautiful and hard and hungry, full of sharp, painful observations, slicing clichés open like prickly pears and devouring their hearts.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivid and delectable. Angela Hur is equally at home working in the fertile territories of myth and the fantastic as in the nuanced portrayal of a contemporary, complex family. I loved this.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kelly Link\u003c\/b\u003e, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gorgeous journey into the intersection of science and myth and how our past traumas shape us--but how they need not define us.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A work of capacious, original imagination: part supernatural mystery, part immigrant family story. Hur's mixing and melding of genres is an inventive, elegant means of illuminating the dualities of diasporic experience, as well as a testament to the essential role of stories in understanding our identities.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Peter Ho Davies\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eA Lie Someone Told You About Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn \u003c\/i\u003eis a spectacular book. Hur writes with virtuosity and power, weaving together the ribbons of the mythic with the complex tapestry of family and history to create a gorgeous, moving whole.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kat Howard\u003c\/b\u003e, Alex Award-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003eAn Unkindness of Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e, Angela Mi Young Hur weaves the fantastic into the realism of a compelling family saga, creating a heartfelt novel as original as it is irresistible. Pick this up if you're ready to not put it down.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mat Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eLoving Day\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautiful, liminal exploration of the world, physics, and complex families born and found, told with an added rush of the fantastic.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Fran Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e, Nebula Award-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003eUpdraft \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eRiverland\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With enviable ambition and swagger, \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn \u003c\/i\u003etosses us from one shimmering setting to another: Antarctic research station, Korean spa, Scandinavian island, hipster neighborhood in Stockholm, auto body shop in Southern California. Exploring our genetic and traumatic inheritances, Angela Hur weaves gorgeous Korean fables through a woman's messy, international search for redemption and connection. This novel is brash, defiant and ultimately full of yearning.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chia-Chia Lin\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Unpassing\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn \u003c\/i\u003eis extremely ambitious in scope, and the writing never fails to deliver. . . . Angela Mi Young Hur engagingly blends Korean folktales with literary traditions for a fresh take on both the universal story of identity and assimilation, and the national tale of han.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Washington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A complex meditation on intergenerational trauma. . . . The honest look at prickly Elsa's internalized racism is ambitious but often brutal in its unflinching execution. . . . This thought-provoking work will appeal to SFF fans who like their talk of particle physics side by side with fox spirits and fairy tales.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Elsa's] story is gripping and rings as true as the bell she hears in her mind. A quiet but compelling rumination on family, race, and trauma, built on the spaces in Korean folktales.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Haunting and spiritual and touching, and so unique. This is absolutely one to be cherished.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Tor.com, \u003c\/i\u003e \"30 Most Anticipated Books of 2021\"\u003c\/b\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eFolklorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eBabel \u003c\/i\u003efor fans of myth and folklore in this contemporary fantasy about a Korean-American college student at a magical university where fairy tales intersect with family heritage to unleash powers beyond imagining.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"You always wanted magic to be real.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharon and her daughter V's points of origin hold common threads--both Korean American teenagers, raised by single mothers and searching for identity in the California suburbs. But during a Finals week celebration, high schooler V, compelled by strange impulses, crawls into a hollow tree trunk. That night in a fever haze, she sees gleaming strands of illegible text hovering over her body--flowing between her and her mother, leading to a long-forgotten diary. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the aid of a luminous quill, a fountainhead of Sharon's memories spill onto the faded pages. V witnesses her mother map out her past through drawings, diagrams, and reclaimed histories of her brief time at Alvsdahl, an exclusive East Coast college. Here, legacies and heiresses claimed descent from Bluebeard or Cinderella, grappling for control over family stories that could grant them terrifying abilities or burn them to ash. An Asian girl with an unknown inheritance was no one--until her discoveries cracked open Alvsdahl's secrets. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharon's rewritten narrative--of classroom rivalries, animal professors, debauchery in the woods, threatening Godmothers, and world-shattering powers--unfolds line by line as V desperately tries to help her mother, ultimately learning how to wield Sharon's story to transform them both. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyrical and tender, Angela Mi Young Hur's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loom Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a magical campus novel centering two young women walking the thorny path toward adulthood, the fractures between parents and their children, and the global mythologies connecting us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/08\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9781645660880, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496109080854,"sku":"9781645660880","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781645660880.jpg?v=1783053323","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-loom-tree","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}