Well before her deathin 2011, Park Wan-Suh had established herself as a canonical figure in Koreanliterature. Her work—often based upon her own personal experiences, and showingkeen insight into divisive social issues from the Korean partition to theposition of women in Korean society—has touched readers for over forty years.In this collection, meditations upon life in old age come to the fore—at itsbest, accompanied by great beauty and compassion; at its worst by a cynicismthat nonetheless turns a bitter smile upon the changing world.