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Lonesome Jar

  • Author(s)

    Jeong, Ho-seung정호승

  • Translator(s)

  • Publisher

    Seoul SelectionSeoul Selection

  • Country

    UNITED STATES

  • Language

    English(English)

  • Year Published

    2020

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 순수소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

The title piece "A Hangari Jar" tells the story of the first jar made by a young potter. Unhappy with his first effort, the potter dumps the unsightly jar in his yard. The long-abandoned jar eventually finds use as a pisspot, but is forgotten once again as the potter dies and his kiln crumbles into ruin. The jar spends years in anguish, longing for meaning and value in life. Finally, it is discovered by the potter's son, who returns to his father's kiln as a monk. Building a temple and bell pavilion on the ruins, the monk awards the jar its long-awaited purpose it is buried under the bell as a resonance chamber, giving the bell a clear, ringing tone. At long last, the once forlorn jar becomes "something precious for this world. "Reminding readers that waiting is not in vain, the jar muses, "No matter whose life it is, if you go on waiting and trying . . . life's dream will come true." The stories in Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables follow the travails and triumphs of such objects and animals, presenting charmingly anthropomorphized fables. "Lovebirds" tells the story of a one-winged bird that can only fly after finding his other half; Surprise Lilies" relates a tale of two cousins turned respectively into a flower and its leaves in punishment for their forbidden love; The Seomjingang River" gives the account of a rebellious river that finally accepts its destiny of becoming the sea. The brief yet meaningful fables offer insight into the love, patience, and relationships of our human world; with compassion for life and its challenges, they whisper to readers that to live is to love and grow together. Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables offers twenty such gems that demonstrate Jeong's broad and integrative worldview that spans both Buddhist and Christian traditions. Reference : Seoul Selection. "Lonesome Jar", https://www.seoulselection.com/usa/product.php?id_product=238 . accessed 17 Oct 2023.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Jeong, Ho-seung

Jeong, Ho-seung정호승

The title piece "A Hangari Jar" tells the story of the first jar made by a young potter. Unhappy with his first effort, the potter dumps the unsightly jar in his yard. The long-abandoned jar eventually finds use as a pisspot, but is forgotten once again as the potter dies and his kiln crumbles into ruin. The jar spends years in anguish, longing for meaning and value in life. Finally, it is discovered by the potter's son, who returns to his father's kiln as a monk. Building a temple and bell pavilion on the ruins, the monk awards the jar its long-awaited purpose it is buried under the bell as a resonance chamber, giving the bell a clear, ringing tone. At long last, the once forlorn jar becomes "something precious for this world. "Reminding readers that waiting is not in vain, the jar muses, "No matter whose life it is, if you go on waiting and trying . . . life's dream will come true." The stories in Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables follow the travails and triumphs of such objects and animals, presenting charmingly anthropomorphized fables. "Lovebirds" tells the story of a one-winged bird that can only fly after finding his other half; Surprise Lilies" relates a tale of two cousins turned respectively into a flower and its leaves in punishment for their forbidden love; The Seomjingang River" gives the account of a rebellious river that finally accepts its destiny of becoming the sea. The brief yet meaningful fables offer insight into the love, patience, and relationships of our human world; with compassion for life and its challenges, they whisper to readers that to live is to love and grow together. Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables offers twenty such gems that demonstrate Jeong's broad and integrative worldview that spans both Buddhist and Christian traditions. Reference : Seoul Selection. "Lonesome Jar", https://www.seoulselection.com/usa/product.php?id_product=238 . accessed 17 Oct 2023.

Original Work 원작

Lonesome Jar

항아리

By Jeong, Ho-seung (정호승)

YOLIMWON PUBLISHING GROUP (2008)

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