The Emerald Court Under Heaven
Nostalgia Making Minis
What determined book searches can findI received in the mail a copy of my favorite collection of Korean folklore that I read as a child. I don’t remember but a single story of a man trying to get a pearl of wisdom from a fox woman (gumiho 구미호) and how it explains the divide between earthly/heavenly knowledge between men and women. I remembered the name Hong Il-Dong (홍 일동) from one of the stories but completely forgot what his story entailed.
I look at it and a flood of nostalgia hits me as I think back to how I read it long ago. I think it might’ve been a first edition with its yellow fabric binding (after losing the paper cover) and a bright green string to mark your place (pictured is a friend’s copy before I got mine). I now sit and read with loving and care for the opportunity to revisit these short stories that entertained me for some time until I grew into bigger ones.
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