Flowers of mold : stories

Author

Sŏng-nan Ha

Call Number

• FICTION HA (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Rochester, New York : Open Letter, 2019.

Physical Description

212 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors' garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent, and his tenants hatch a plan to kill him at a team-building retreat.

Ha Sŏng-nan's stories seem pleasant enough, yet there's something disturbing just below the surface, ready to permanently disrupt the characters' lives. Among the stories: a woman lends her neighbor a spatula, then starts having gaps in her memory; in a team-building retreat, tenants plan to kill their landlord after he raises the rent. They are ordinary individuals-- in an increasingly urbanized and fragmented world. -- adapted from back cover

Contents

• Waxen wings
• Nightmare
• The retreat
• The woman next door
• Flag
• Your rearview mirror
• Flowers of mold
• Toothpaste
• Early beans
• Onion.