One Human Family and Other Stories

Haunting stories of the aftermath of war. The devastating hold the Korean War still has on the ordinary citizens of South Korea is revealed in a novella and four short stories. Although the war happened many years ago, old animosities remain, and elderly nursing home residents are traumatized by their belief that the new resident was a collaborator. A child is made a laughing stock when she thinks the condoms tossed aside on the beach by American G.I.s are balloons.