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A good family : stories / Seo Hajin ; translated by Ally H. Hwang and Amy C. Smith.
Van Pelt Library PL992.74.H26 A2 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sŏ, Ha-jin, 1960- author.
- Series:
- Library of Korean literature ; 19.
- Library of Korean literature ; 19
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Korean.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Victoria, TX : Dalkey Archive Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Korean.
- Summary:
- "This collection of eight stories--cynical and sympathetic by turns--represents the author's attempt to document and understand the conflicts, resentments, hatreds, and anxieties of contemporary family life. The title story depicts a mother's busy day playing numerous roles--ashamed, fearless, or humble--depending on which member of her family she's tending to. In 'The Privacy of My Father,' a daughter tracks her father to Hong Kong in order to spy on what she thinks is an illicit affair. All in all, says Seo Hajin, family means deception--but these masks aren't so easily removed." -- Amazon.com
- Contents:
- What grows out of sadness
- Dad's private life
- A good family
- Where is everyone going?
- The interview
- Sugar or salt
- Who are you?
- The little thing.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Korean.
- ISBN:
- 9781628971187
- 1628971185
- OCLC:
- 921994653
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