The nine stories that make up this collection depict a wide variety of
contemporary Koreans navigating a world focused on material wealth and
social power, in which family ties have been disrupted and all
relationships are dysfunctional. Unpredictable and enigmatic, these
tales, though taking place in what would appear to be a shallow,
materialistic environment, are nonetheless woven through with rich
threads of imagination and fantasy: parables for the self-help age.