Drifting House gives a glimpse of the Korean culture and the immigrant experience in the U. S. The author explores themes of love, loss, family, displacement and belonging in this collection of nine short stories. The characters and their struggles are indelible.
The title story is the most haunting. Two brothers and their dying little sister must cross the treacherous border of N. Korea to reach China in order to find their mother who has abandoned them. Under starvation and dire straits, the older brother faces a moral dilemma. How far the human spirits can endure is hard to fathom. I was saddened by some of the stories but was compelled to read them at the same time.
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