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Invitation

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Invitation
Article
https://theoffingmag.com/translation/invitation/
Journal
The Offing
Issued Date
September 03, 2024
Page
11
Language
English(English)
Country
UNKNOWN
City
-
Book
-
Writer
Cho Yeeun

About the Author

Cho Yeeun
  • Cho Yeeun
  • Birth : 1993 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Yeeun
  • Family Name : Cho
  • Korean Name : 조예은
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 1
Descriptions - 1 Languages
  • English(English)

A fishbone has been lodged inside my throat for seventeen years. Everyone says it’s impossible, but I can feel it. A fishbone long and white, stuck right where my esophagus begins. I was twelve. My family lived in a small town by the coast. My aunt, who lived nearby, ran a fish soup joint at the local fish market, a place that sailors would seek for a bowl of cold mulhwe. On weekends, our family often ate at her stall. I still remember the market that turned gloomy when night fell, the chill in the air and the lingering fishy stink, the sea that was blacker than the depths of the universe. In the small tanks that were practically fishbowls, sea creatures left from the day’s trade swam, still alive but sluggish, as if they knew death was coming.

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