Nami Mun

A new voice in fiction debuts with the electrifying and heartbreaking story of a teenage runaway on the streets of New York. In raw and beautiful prose, Nami Mun delivers the story of a young woman who is at once tough and vulnerable, world-weary and naive, faced with insurmountable odds and yet fiercely ... (more)determined to survive. In the process, Mun creates one of the most indelible characters in recent fiction and establishes herself as an extraordinarily talented new voice. Brutally honest, linguistically inventive, and profoundly moving, Miles from Nowhere is a work of fiction that will haunt and inspire readers.

A powerful debut novel that has traces of its author's own story is Miles from Nowhere (Riverhead) by Nami Mun—who like her novel's protagonist was born in Seoul, South Korea, then grew up in New York City.

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