뱀장어 스튜

Her wrist carries the mark of a suicide attempt and her belly the scar of a caesarean: traces of a baby born without anyone's blessing and handed over for adoption somewhere in Europe. Now she lives in France with a husband who tends those scars almost as objects of desire. Every two or three years, out of need or mere habit, she returns to Korea and sleeps with the man who fathered the child. She loves neither of them. On her latest visit she sees once more that her lover offers no more than a brief shelter, while a painting of eel stew sets her thinking about lives that simmer quietly.

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About the book

Form

Short story

Length

380 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

France, South Korea

First published

2001 by Munhak Sasang

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9788970124032 (original)