01822cam a2200277 4500 515703647 TxAuBib 20211122120000.0 201001s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020044833 9780593318218 HRD 26.00 0593318218 HRD 26.00 TxAuBib Choi, Yoon. Short stories Selections. Skinship [BOOK] : stories / Yoon Choi. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 286 pages ; 22 cm. "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. The church of abundant life -- First language -- A map of the simplified world -- Solo works for piano -- Skinship -- The art of losing -- The loved ones -- Song and song. "A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes to a nearby town... A woman in an arranged marriage struggles to connect with the son she hid from her husband for years... A well-meaning sister unwittingly reunites an abuser with his victims... Through the lives of an indelible array of individuals--musicians, housewives and pastors, children and grandparents, the men and women who own the dry cleaners and the mini-marts--Yoon Choi explores the Korean-American experience at its interstices: where first and second generations either clash or find common ground; where meaning falls in the cracks between languages; where relationships bend under the weight of tenderness and disappointment; where displacement turns to heartbreak"-- Provided by publisher. 20211122. Korean Americans Fiction. Short stories.