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Bluebeard's first wife / Ha Seong-nan ; translated from the Korean by Janet Hong.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Series: Korean literature seriesPublisher: Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2020Edition: First edition; English editionDescription: 229 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1948830175
  • 9781948830171
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The star-shaped stain -- Bluebeard's first wife -- Flies -- Night poaching -- O Father -- Joy to the world -- The dress shirt -- On that green, green grass -- A quiet night -- Pinky finger -- Daisy Fleabane.
Summary: "Disasters, accidents, and deaths abound in Bluebeard's First Wife. A woman spends a night with her fiance and his friends, and overhears a terrible secret that has bound them together since high school. A man grows increasingly agitated by the apartment noise made by a young family living upstairs and arouses the suspicion of his own wife when the neighbors meet a string of unlucky incidents. A couple moves into a picture-perfect country house, but when their new dog is stolen, they become obsessed with finding the thief, and in the process, neglect their child. Ha's paranoia-inducing, heart-quickening stories will have you reconsidering your own neighbors"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction HA, SONG-NAN Available 33111009665783
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of 2020

Disasters, accidents, and deaths abound in Bluebeard's First Wife . A woman spends a night with her fiancé and his friends, and overhears a terrible secret that has bound them together since high school. A man grows increasingly agitated by the noise made by a young family living in the apartment upstairs and arouses the suspicion of his own wife when the neighbors meet a string of unlucky incidents. A couple moves into a picture-perfect country house, but when their new dog is stolen, they become obsessed with finding the thief, and in the process, neglect their child. The paranoia-inducing, heart-quickening stories in Ha's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Flowers of Mold will have you reconsidering your own neighbors.

"Originally published in Korea by Changbi Publishers, Inc."--Title page verso.

Translated from the Korean.

The star-shaped stain -- Bluebeard's first wife -- Flies -- Night poaching -- O Father -- Joy to the world -- The dress shirt -- On that green, green grass -- A quiet night -- Pinky finger -- Daisy Fleabane.

"Disasters, accidents, and deaths abound in Bluebeard's First Wife. A woman spends a night with her fiance and his friends, and overhears a terrible secret that has bound them together since high school. A man grows increasingly agitated by the apartment noise made by a young family living upstairs and arouses the suspicion of his own wife when the neighbors meet a string of unlucky incidents. A couple moves into a picture-perfect country house, but when their new dog is stolen, they become obsessed with finding the thief, and in the process, neglect their child. Ha's paranoia-inducing, heart-quickening stories will have you reconsidering your own neighbors"-- Provided by publisher.

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