A FINISHED BOOK

Where the Apricots Fell

The life of Lee Ok-sun, ninety-three years of it. A thatched-roof backyard where the apricots came down, a school ten li away, a marriage to a man she had not met, and four children raised on a plain and careful household.

Printed at A5, 66 pages, Korean and English on every page. Five of them are here, photographed from the finished book.

The printed front cover of Where the Apricots Fell: an oil painting of three apricots fallen on bare earth, one split open to its stone

The opening page of 'Small Flowers That Weathered the Winter', the Korean text above and the English below it

A text page about the dogs she kept and the school residence at Osu

A text page about walks in the park with her son and his wife

The opening page of 'With Apology and Gratitude', addressed to her daughters-in-law and daughters, in Korean and English

The page carrying the one thing she says she has left to tell her daughters

『살구가 떨어지던 뒤뜰』

Lee Ok-sun · ninety-three years

Ordinary scenes, and the more precious for it,
set in Korean and English side by side.

A mother's record, handed to her family.

The dog in the yard, and the old Osu story about a dog that saved its master.

Thursday mornings, walking to the singing class with her friends.

Shared with the family's agreement. Some names and details were changed.

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