This anthology of short stories reflects the writers' shared core experience of Korea's trajectory from an inward-looking feudal state, through Japanese colony and battle-ground for the Korean War, to a modernizing society. Three stories have been added to the original edition.

Ji-moon Suh

Halmom, The Seaman's Chant, The Clear Water Pavilion, My Idiot Uncle, A Ceremony of Apostasy, The Underground Village, Pierrot, Eroica Symphony, My Idol's Abode, The Rainy Spell, A Pasque-Flower on That Bleak Day, That Winter of My Youth, His Father's Keeper, The Image of Mija