River of fire and other stories
By: O Chŏng-hŭi ; translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Contributors: Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan
Series: Weatherhead books on Asia
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780231160667; 9780231504119
Subjects: Translations into English
Work titles: Short stories
Description: These nine stories range from O Chonghui's first published work in 1968 to one of her last publications in 1994. Her early stories are compact, often chilling accounts of family dysfunction, reflecting the decline of traditional, agrarian economics and the rise of urban, industrial living. Later stories are more expansive, weaving eloquent, occasionally wistful reflections on lost love and tradition together with provocative explorations of sexuality and gender.
Table of contents: title: The toyshop woman; title: One spring day; title: A portrait of magnolias; title: River of fire; title: Morning star; title: Fireworks; title: Lake P'aro; title: The release; title: The old well.