옆집 여자

aka Yŏpchip yŏja

Flowers of Mold

Author

Ha Seong-nan

Language

Korean

Year

1999

First Pub.

South Korea

Genre

Short Story Collection / Tales

east asia

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Flowers of Mold is a collection of ten short stories written by Ha Seong-nan. Originally published in Korean in 1999 by Ch'angjak kwa Pip'yŏngsa under the title Yŏpchip yŏja or The Woman Next Door, the collection was translated by Janet Hong and published in English in 2019. Featuring separate characters and settings, each story contains different angles of Korean culture and life. Many of the stories share common literary and symbolic themes. The collection has received an award for the original Korean publication, and the translated version has received praise from abroad.