Flowers of mold, stories, Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong
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Flowers of mold, stories, Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong
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eng
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short stories
Main title
Flowers of mold
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1085967388
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Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong
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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
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adult
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