Run Me to Earth

Run Me to Earth
First edition cover
AuthorPaul Yoon
Audio read byRamón de Ocampo[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
Set inLaos, France, New York and Spain
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
January 28, 2020
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook
Pages272
ISBN978-1-5011-5404-1 (hardcover)
OCLC1091235516
813/.6
LC ClassPS3625.O54 R86 2020

Run Me to Earth is a 2020 novel by Paul Yoon. It is his second novel and was published by Simon & Schuster on January 28, 2020. The novel tells the story of three orphans in Laos during the Laotian Civil War and follows the trajectories of their lives after they are separated.[2] The novel follows multiple characters in a third-person omniscient narrative and is divided into six stories that take place over the course of six decades.[3][4][5] It received positive reviews and was longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

  1. ^ "Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon; read by Ramón de Ocampo". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
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