G678 Book Review of A Good Family by Seo Hajin
General Information: Name of Book: Chakhan Gajok/A Good Family ISBN: 978 1 62897 118 7 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Year it was published: 2008 (translated in 2015) Summary: This collection of eight stories cynical and sympathetic by turns represents the author's attempt to document and understand the conflicts, resentments, hatreds, and anxieties of contemporary family life. The title story depicts a mother's busy day playing numerous roles ashamed, fearless, or humble depending on which member of her family she's tending to. In "The Privacy of My Father," a daughter tracks her father to Hong Kong in order to spy on what she thinks is an illicit affair. All in all, says Seo Hajin, family means deception--but these masks aren't so easily removed." Author: Seo Hajin (Translated by Amy C Smith and Ally H Hwang) About the Author: Seo Hajin She was born in 1961 in Youngcheon, North Kyungsang Province. She studied Korean literature at Kyun...