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 stories are more expansive, weaving eloquent,
occasionally wistful reflections on lost love and tradition
together with provocative explorations of sexuality and gender. O
Chonghui makes use of flashbacks, interior monologues, and
stream-of-consciousness in her narratives, developing themes of
abandonment and loneliness in a carefully cultivated, dispassionate
tone. O Chonghui's narrators stand in for the average individual,
struggling to cope with emotional rootlessness and a yearning for
permanence in family and society. Arguably the first female Korean
fiction writer to follow Woolf's dictum to do away with the
egoless, self-sacrificing "angel in the house," O Chonghui is a
crucial figure in the history of modern Korean literature, one of
the most astute observers of Korean society and the place of
tradition within it.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Weatherhead Books on Asia |
| Release date: |
August 2016 |
| Authors: |
Chong-hui O
|
| Translators: |
Bruce Fulton
(Associate Professor)
• Ju-chan Fulton
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-16067-4 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Korean
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-231-16067-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780231160674 |
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