num_pages: 320
description: Kim takes a small moment of Korean history . . . and transforms this moment into a powerful sweeping epic that resonates across continents and oceans bridging East and West . . . The scope and breadth of Kims talent is evident on every page of this breathtaking novel.  ListIn 1904 as the Russo-Japanese War deepened Asia was parceled out to rising powers and the Korean empire was annexed by Japan. Facing war and the loss of their nation more than a thousand Koreans left their homes to seek possibility elsewherein unknown Mexico.After a long sea voyage these emigrantsthieves and royals priests and soldiers orphans and entire familiesdisembark with the promise of land. Soon they discover the they have been sold into indentured servitude.Aboard ship an orphan Ijeong fell in love with the daughter of a noble; separated when the various haciendados claim their laborers he vows to find her. After years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution. Some flee with Ijeong to Guatemala where they found a New Korea amid Mayan ruins.A tale of star-crossed love political turmoil and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history.
language: English
title: Black Flower
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt