A good family
Subtitle: stories
By: Seo Hajin ; translated by Ally H. Hwang and Amy C. Smith
Contributors: Hwang, Ally H., translator; Smith, Amy C., 1978- translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: Library of Korean literature -- 19; Library of Korean literature -- 19.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781628971187
Subjects: Families; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "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."--
Table of contents: title: What grows out of sadness; title: Dad's private life --; title: A good family --; title: Where is everyone going? --; title: The interview --; title: Sugar or salt --; title: Who are you? --; title: The little thing.