울어본다

Late at night, once the building has gone silent, a woman who cannot sleep sits leaning against her refrigerator. It hums and cries, and she cries along with it. Her thoughts drift back to the years when her family had no fridge: how she longed to make all the ice she wanted, how she let food go bad on purpose and faked stomach aches so that they would buy one. Now hers is packed full, and she wonders how she came to lean on it so much, and remembers her mother cooking tirelessly once a new fridge arrived. Across the way, in a distant window, someone else cannot sleep either, and that is a comfort.

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About the book

Form

Short story

First published

2018 by Munhak Sasang

Author's age

42 when first published