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Umma's Table

About the Books

Author
Yeon-sik Hong
Co-Author
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Translator
Janet Hong,Janet Hong
Publisher
Drawn Quarterly
Published Year
2020
Country
CANADA
Classification

KDC구분 > Arts > Painting > Caricatures > illustration

Original Title
마당씨의 식탁
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Madang ssiui siktak
ISBN
9781770463868
Page
358
Volume

About the Author

  • Hong Yeon-sik
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Cartoonist, Writer
  • First Name : Yeon-sik
  • Family Name : Hong
  • Korean Name : 홍연식
  • ISNI : 0000000473913556
  • Works : 3
About the Original Work
  • 마당씨의 식탁
  • Author : Hong Yeon-sik
  • Published Year : 2015
  • English Title : Umma’s Table
More About the Original Work
Descriptions
  • English(English)

The joy of food and tradition unites a family faltering in the face of illness and loss

Madang is an artist and new father who moves to a quiet home in the countryside with his wife and young baby, excited to build a new life full of hope and joy, complete with a garden and even snow. But soon reality sets in and his attention is divided between his growing happy family and his impoverished parents back in Seoul in a dingy basement apartment. With an ailing mother in and out of the hospital and an alcoholic father, Madang struggles to overcome the exhaustion and frustration of trying to be everything all at once: a good son, devoted father, and loving husband.

To cope, he finds himself reminiscing about their family meals together, particularly his mother's kimchi, a traditional dish that is prepared by the family and requires months of fermentation. Memories of his mother's glorious cooking―so good it would prompt a young Madang and his brother into song―soothe the family. With her impending death, Madang races to learn her recipes and bring together the three generations at the family table while it's still possible. This is a beautiful and thoughtful meditation on how the kitchen and communal cooking―in the past, present, and future―bind a family together amidst the inevitable.

 

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E-books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-books
    Umma's Table
    Yeon-sik Hong / 홍연식 / 2021 / KDC구분 > Arts > Painting > Caricatures > illustration

LTI Korea Library Holdings1

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