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spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition
3.0
Ten stories by Pak Wanseo (박완서). Translation by Chun Kyung-Ja (천경자).
"She Knows, I Know, and Heaven Knows" (『지 알고 내 알고 하늘이 알건만』)
"Butterfly of Illusion" (『환각의 나비』)
"Farewell at Kimpo Airport" (『이별의 김포공항』)
"Mr. Hong's Medals" (『아저씨의 훈장』)
"Thus Ended My Days of Watching Over the House" (『집보기는 그렇게 끝났다』)
"A Certain Barbarity" (『어떤 야만』)
"Encounter at the Airport" (『공항에서 만난 사람』)
"Granny Flowers in Those Heartless Days" (『그 살벌했던 날의 할미꽃』)
"Three Days in That Autumn" (『그 가을의 사흘 동안』)
"My Very Last Possession" (『나의 가장 나종 지니인 것』)
"She Knows, I Know, and Heaven Knows" (『지 알고 내 알고 하늘이 알건만』)
"Butterfly of Illusion" (『환각의 나비』)
"Farewell at Kimpo Airport" (『이별의 김포공항』)
"Mr. Hong's Medals" (『아저씨의 훈장』)
"Thus Ended My Days of Watching Over the House" (『집보기는 그렇게 끝났다』)
"A Certain Barbarity" (『어떤 야만』)
"Encounter at the Airport" (『공항에서 만난 사람』)
"Granny Flowers in Those Heartless Days" (『그 살벌했던 날의 할미꽃』)
"Three Days in That Autumn" (『그 가을의 사흘 동안』)
"My Very Last Possession" (『나의 가장 나종 지니인 것』)
maxfetter's review against another edition
3.0
The title story is incredibly beautiful and heartrending. Unimaginable insight into an aging consciousness and one's coping mechanisms. The rest is interesting enough but rather unimaginative, invoking almost identical themes throughout of the generation gap between the Korean War-era and the modern. Nevertheless, I strongly recommend it, if not just for My Very Last Possession itself.
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