A Hangari Jar -- Lovebirds -- Flood Tide and Ebb Tide -- The Tale of a Cactus -- A Hand Mirror -- Water and Fire -- Surprise Lilies -- The Seomjingang River -- The Young Flowering Cherry -- Shared Pain, Shared Joy -- Because I Exist You Can Exist -- Two Paulownia Trees -- The Kalavinka -- Weasel Pagoda -- The Sorrow of Flies in Autumn -- The Story of a Hand -- One Grain of Wheat -- A Carp -- The Woodpecker -- A Pine Tree and an Apple Tree Talk -- Tales like a Picture Diary Written with a Pencil. "The stories in LONESOME JAR: POETIC FABLES follow the travails and triumphs of such objects and animals, presenting charmingly anthropomorphized fables. "Lovebirds" tells the story of a one-winged bird that can only fly after finding his other half; "Surprise Lilies" relates a tale of two cousins turned respectively into a flower and its leaves in punishment for their forbidden love; "The Seomjingang River" gives the account of a rebellious river that finally accepts its destiny of becoming the sea. The brief yet meaningful fables offer insight into the love, patience, and relationships of our human world; with compassion for life and its challenges, they whisper to readers that to live is to love and grow together. LONESOME JAR: POETIC FABLES offers twenty such gems that demonstrate Jeong's broad and integrative worldview that spans both Buddhist and Christian traditions."--Amazon.com description | 
