{"product_id":"snowy-day-and-other-stories-9780593657256","title":"Snowy Day and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first story collection published in English by Lee Chang-dong, one of South Korea's most celebrated and influential literary and cinematic figures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch like Lee Chang-dong's internationally renowned films (\u003ci\u003eBurning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Secret Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e), these brilliant, unsettling tales, originally published in Korea in the 1980s and now translated into English for the first time, investigate themes of injustice, betrayal, and terror--on both an intimate and national scale. Lee writes deeply and hauntingly about conflicts between family, the powerful and the vulnerable, conformists and rebels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, drawn from the author's own memories of serving in the South Korean military, the class divide between a university-educated private and a working-class corporal serving sentry duty together one snowy night leads to tragic consequences. In \"There's a Lot of Shit in Nokcheon,\" the psychological violence that two brothers enact on each other over the course of a lifetime captures the darkness and paranoia that pervaded Korea in the 1980s, as the country struggled toward democratic rule. And in the novella-length \"A Lamp in the Sky,\" a young woman's brutal interrogation at the hands of the police reveals the series of increasingly troubling decisions that led her to this moment. Is she innocent or guilty? In the end, even she cannot say. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnowy Day and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e introduces English readers to a master storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Chang-Dong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593657256","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43424171786377,"sku":"9780593657256","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6d376a89-6c16-42ca-980e-bc96136eb0fd.jpg?v=1741076109","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/snowy-day-and-other-stories-9780593657256","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}