num_pages: 240
description: The youngest daughter of a woman known as "Young Wife" grows up in Seoul in the 1960s, all but abandoned by her father, but secure in her relationship with her mother, who tells magical tales about a peaceful Korea where tigers smoked pipes, long before the Japanese occupation, partition, and civil war. Reprint.
language: English
title: House of the Winds
titlecomplete: House of the Winds
genres: Asian Literature, Fiction, Coming Of Age, Historical, Asia, Historical Fiction, Cultural
ratings_count: 119
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Multicultural Fiction (Finalist)
publisher: Penguin Books