Synopsis:

Short story in anthology.

Book Excerpt:

Year of the Boar

A cold, clotted, December day, with clouds so low they blanketed the neighborhood in damp oppression. As soon as she left the house, icy air misted Esther’s hair and cheeks and entered her fragile, arthritic hips, stunning her with a stiffness that almost sent her back inside. She limped to the car, her purse over her head, wishing she’d thought to wear a rain bonnet and a thicker sweater, wishing tomorrow wasn’t Sollal, New Year’s Day, meaning cleaning, cooking, and waiting for the kids and grandkids who were always late. She struggled into her seat and arranged pillows beneath and behind her, relieved to find her cotton driving gloves on the floor. The Granada backed down the driveway and she pulled out slowly, mindful that she had yet to take the eye exam to renew her expired driver’s license. Craning her neck to see over the dashboard, she fed the steering wheel an inch at a time from one hand to the other to turn the corner out of her cul-de-sac. She reviewed her grocery list for the Korean store: rice dumplings, beef bones, green onion, tofu and one more thing—what was it?

Something thumped. She slammed the brake, the car lurched, and a boy’s flailing arm and a bicycle wheel arced over the right fender. “Omana!” she cried, tangled in her seatbelt and trying to get out. …

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Topics/Categories:

ageism, Asian American, Asian culture, Asian Fiction, fiction, Immigrant Experience, korean american, Mothers and Daughters, Short Story, traditions, washington dc

Genre:

Asian-American Literature, Korean - Korean-American Literature

Type of Work:

Short Stories

Publishers:

Paycock Press

Original Publish Date:

2007-12-31

ISBNs:

0931181259, 9780931181252

Formats:

Paperback