- Yi Sang Literary Award 2009 · Excellence prize
Spring Afternoon, Three Widows
봄날 오후, 과부 셋 · Bomnal ohu, gwabu set
Jeong Ji-a (정지아, born 1965)
Translated by Brendan MacHale, Kim Yoon-kyung
English editions
In EnglishSpring Afternoon, Three Widows
Asia Publishers · South Korea · 13 June 2014 · 93 pages
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Eiko, Haruko and Sadako, widows in their eighties, could hardly be more different, yet they have leaned on each other like sisters all their lives. One spring afternoon the three go out together. Old and touched by dementia, they still love and envy each other as they did as girls, and the secrets they have never shared lend them mystery even now. The story holds pain and death as part of life, with room for laughter.
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About the book
- Form
- Short story
- First published
- 2008 by Eunhaengnamu
- Author's age
- 43 when first published
- ISBN
9788956606729 (original)
9791156620273 (Asia Publishers, South Korea)