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.

88 pages, with Korean and English side by side on every page. Four of them are here, exactly as printed.

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

A page about walks in the park with her son and his wife, and the flowers along the way, in Korean and English

The page where the English passage from the page before comes to its end

A page about the tiny flowers hidden in the grass, in Korean and English

A watercolour of small flowers in the grass beside a park bench, with its Korean caption below

『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.

"All right, then."

Walks with her son, and every flower she wants to take home.

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

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