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River of Fire and Other Stories
Chong-Hui O
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Description for River of Fire and Other Stories
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the achievements of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and Virginia Woolf. 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 ... Read more
O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the achievements of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and Virginia Woolf. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231160674
SKU
V9780231160674
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About Chong-Hui O
O Chonghui (b. 1947) burst onto the Korean literary scene with her story "The Toyshop Woman" (Wangujom yoin), which in 1968 won an annual new writers' competition sponsored by the Chungang ilbo, a Seoul daily. She has since published four dozen short stories and novellas. Among her story collections are The Garden of My Childhood and Spirit on the Wind, ... Read more
Reviews for River of Fire and Other Stories
River of Fire and Other Stories tracks the career of one of South Korea's most consummate writers, subtly suggesting the violent undertones of life under military dictatorship and the malaise of urban life, and coming to a close with a moving meditation upon aging. The themes here are universal, yet their expression is unique to the controlled precision and delicate ... Read more