Bibliograph

Flowers of mold, stories, Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong

Type

Label

Flowers of mold, stories, Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Flowers of mold

Oclc number

1085967388

Responsibility statement

Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong

Sub title

stories

Summary

A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors' garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent, and his tenants hatch a plan to kill him at a team-building retreatHa Sŏng-nan's stories seem pleasant enough, yet there's something disturbing just below the surface, ready to permanently disrupt the characters' lives. Among the stories: a woman lends her neighbor a spatula, then starts having gaps in her memory; in a team-building retreat, tenants plan to kill their landlord after he raises the rent. They are ordinary individuals-- in an increasingly urbanized and fragmented world. -- adapted from back cover

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor