"From Paul Yoon, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Once the shore and snow hunters, comes a luminous collection of short stories set throughout the world--from the Hudson Valley to the Russian Far East--across periods of time after World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
In the six stories in The Mountain, award-winning author Paul Yoon takes readers on indelible journeys across continents and eras. His stunning characters are migrants and survivors, linked by trauma and the timeless quest for solace. Whether in a sanatorium in the Hudson Valley or at a camera sweatshop in Shanghai, a tiny village in the Pyrenees or an inn in rural Russia, Yoon's ethereal prose illuminates our interconnectedness as human beings. These graceful and precise stories will haunt and delight readers in the best way -- from dust jacket.