Chinatown
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241744369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oh Jung-hee |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.090 |
| Publishing Date | 17/07/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €15.57 |
| Tax | €0.93 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €16.50 |
| Availability | 9 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.