Search Results: River Of Fire and Other Stories by Chong-Hui O

Paperback / softback. New. O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the achievements of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and Virginia Woolf. These nine stories range from O Chonghui's first published work, in 1968, to one of her last publications, in 1994. Her early stories are compact, often chilling accounts of family dysfunction, reflecting the decline of traditional, agrarian economics and the rise of urban, industrial living. Later stories are more expansive, weaving eloquent, occasionally wistful reflections on lost love and tradition together with provocative explorations of sexuality and gender. O Chonghui makes use of flashbacks, interior monologues, and stream-of-consciousness in her narratives, developing themes of abandonment and loneliness in a… Read More

Hardback. New. O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the achievements of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and Virginia Woolf. These nine stories range from O Chonghui's first published work, in 1968, to one of her last publications, in 1994. Her early stories are compact, often chilling accounts of family dysfunction, reflecting the decline of traditional, agrarian economics and the rise of urban, industrial living. Later stories are more expansive, weaving eloquent, occasionally wistful reflections on lost love and tradition together with provocative explorations of sexuality and gender. O Chonghui makes use of flashbacks, interior monologues, and stream-of-consciousness in her narratives, developing themes of abandonment and loneliness in a carefully… Read More

Columbia Univ Pr, 2012. Hardcover. New. 232 pages. 8.10x5.30x1.00 inches.

Columbia University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, with a very brief inscription to American novelist Marilynne Robinson. (We have included multiple spellings of the author's name in part because the inscription is signed, in addition to the Korean, in the Latin alphabet as "Oh Jung-hee".) Crisp, clean pages except for a pale yellow smudge on the front free endpaper; hard cover and dust jacket show nominal wear at the spine heel; otherwise excellent. Likely presented on the occasion of the 2013 Pak Kyongni Prize award ceremony.; Signed by Author.