Lessons in Attention
A Novel
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Pub Date Jun 22 2027 | Archive Date Jun 29 2027
Zando | Tin House
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Description
Jimin Kang’s stunning debut novel about grief, faith, and what it means to belong to a place and other people
When Toby Burton, an Oxford-born philosophy student, goes missing on a research trip in Brazil, his friend Lua Oliveira—a Brazilian translator recently moved to England from America—is forced to confront her involvement in his disappearance.
As Lua’s Korean American ex-boyfriend Elias arrives in Oxford to support the search, Lua begrudgingly enlists the help not only of the local Quaker community but her estranged mother, a retired diplomat-turned-evangelical Christian in São Paulo.
Lessons in Attention explores themes of faith, belonging, translation, and the meaning of attention, raising the question of how thoroughly we know the people we love—if we choose to see them fully at all.
When Toby Burton, an Oxford-born philosophy student, goes missing on a research trip in Brazil, his friend Lua Oliveira—a Brazilian translator recently moved to England from America—is forced to confront her involvement in his disappearance.
As Lua’s Korean American ex-boyfriend Elias arrives in Oxford to support the search, Lua begrudgingly enlists the help not only of the local Quaker community but her estranged mother, a retired diplomat-turned-evangelical Christian in São Paulo.
Lessons in Attention explores themes of faith, belonging, translation, and the meaning of attention, raising the question of how thoroughly we know the people we love—if we choose to see them fully at all.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781638935193 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
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BISAC Codes
FIC019000 FICTION / Literary
FIC130000 FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
FIC071000 FICTION / Friendship