Word: sections
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...Take the first section, which comprises 13 brief stories written while Hwang was a student in Tokyo, and first published as a single book, Hwang Sun Won Tanpyonjip (literally, "Hwang Sun Won Story Collection"), in Korea in 1940. In it there are upheavals of every kind: spiritual, geological, corporeal, romantic, ethical, political. An earthquake rocks the Japanese capital, while beggars shiver in the cold. Anticipatory lovers throb with desire in the shadowed alleyways of "Trumpet Shells." In "The Offering," a young boy who kills an old red rooster for no good reason is wracked by guilt and fevers. In "Scarecrow...
...rotate a small roster of stock characters - swarthy, oppressed sharecroppers, damsels in distress, prodigal sons - throughout the stories yet keep them fresh is a sign of his mastery. The title story of Lost Souls is a timeless romance hinged on filial impiety. From the book's less topical third section, written just after the Korean War's end, it's reminiscent of the classic tale of Chunhyang, often likened to a Korean Juliet, that's still a pansori and cinema standard. (Im Kwon Taek's 2000 film version was a blockbuster.) But the ending of Hwang's reworking...
...best conviction and experience is the closest and most faithful to what surrounds me. It is an experiment, and I do not care what category it will fall into." For his many fans, it may not matter if his works are found in the nonfiction or fiction section of the bookstore. As the writer once suggested, perhaps bookstores need to come up with a new category marked simply "Kapuscinski...
...many sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately half of the pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are preventable, the result of systemic failures, including barriers to accessing care; inadequate, neglectful or discriminatory care; and overuse of risky interventions like inducing labor and delivering via cesarean section. "Women are not dying from complex, mysterious causes that we don't know how to treat," says Strauss. "Women are dying because it's a fragmented system, and they are not getting the comprehensive services that they need...
Much of the first section of the Committee’s recommendations have already been implemented, including altering the Resident Dean’s role in Ad Board proceedings and having students answer questions before a small subcommittee of the Ad Board instead of the much larger full board...