Books by Agnita Tennant

South Korea 1957. Sukey, a promising graduate, falls in love with Kwon, who confesses that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire. Fighting is suspended. Hostility and enmity towards the North the social norm. Anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, arrests of any suspect are the norm.

First published in 1996. Written by acclaimed contemporary writers, all winners of literary awards, these stories present deeply moving human dramas. What emerges from them is a picture of a somewhat sad people - sad because they have gone through sorrowful experiences of one kind or another. But they are people who transform their sufferings into blessings through their warm humanity, whether it be a soldier, a domestic servant or an office worker.

Consists of eight short stories, all of which concern the human condition. The stories are based around two characteristics of the Korean people - powerful family bonds and nostalgia for the past. Sadness and triumph are the unifying themes in the work.