Chinatown

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A selection of the best short stories by Oh Jung-hee, one of South Korea's most influential writers

In this emblematic selection of her stories, Oh Jung-hee 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 city's 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 alcohol-fuelled gathering. Throughout a career spanning six decades, Oh Jung-hee has drawn comparisons to Alice Munro, Virginia Woolf, and Joyce Carol Oates, and is assuredly a trailblazing writer.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241744369
Published: July 2025

Number of pages: 112
Width: 113 mm
Height: 180 mm
Depth: 11 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd