When Sato wants to divorce his wife, he first seeks the help of a wakaresaseya agent, Kaitaro who is valued for his ability at enticing unwanted wives, and gains evidence to support a husband’s favourable break-up. But when he meets Sato’s wife, Rina, there is something about her that makes him want to turn his back on this job. Forced to take on the assignment, he begins to admire, then fall in love with Rina and plans to do everything he can so she gains a favourable divorce, retains her daughter, and marries him. But something goes wrong, and Rina is found strangled and Kaitaro convicted of murder.
In 1948, when Mao’s army pushes back Chen kia Shek’s Nationalists’ fighters, life becomes increasingly dangerous for rich landowners like the Angs. At a family meeting, the grandmother ruthlessly decides they should all escape except her son’s wife and daughters since his wife has not produced a son. They leave for Qingdao, taking everything of value. When communist cadres arrive on their doorstep, the mother and the three daughters left behind are kicked out of their house and soon their long and treacherous journey begins.
In 1940 Sun-hee, her brother Tae-yul, their parents and Uncle live in fear under the Japanese who invaded Korea. As the Japanese advance through Asia, they demand more from Koreans—their food, their metal possessions as well as forcing them to lose their own culture.
This is an accurate account of Japanese colonialism in Korea seen through the eyes of a fictionalized family.
This is a fantasy tale influenced by Chinese myths about foxes that is captivating. Bao is assigned by a restaurant owner to learn the name of the woman who died on the steps of his establishment so the owner can conduct prayers so the woman won’t haunt his business. While Bao traces his steps from a brothel back to the village where the dead woman came from, he encounters tales of a fox woman and other mysterious deaths that remind him of his childhood with Tagtaa whom he secretly adored and their fascination with foxes.
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