Chinatown by Oh Junghee Paperback Book 9780241744369

ltpgtltbgtA selection of the best short stories by Oh Junghee one of South Koreas most influential writersltbrgtltbgtltbrgtIn this emblematic selection of her stories Oh Junghee probes beneath the surface of seemingly quotidian lives to expose nightmarish family configurations warped by desertion psychosis and death In Chinatown a young girl living on the edge of the citys Chinese community comes of age among mundane violences collisions with adult sexuality and the American occupation in The Garden Party a woman grapples with her conflicting identities of wife mother and writer at an alcoholfuelled gathering Throughout a career spanning six decades Oh Junghee has drawn comparisons to Alice Munro Virginia Woolf and Joyce Carol Oates and is assuredly a trailblazing writerltpgt