On Writing Memento Mori by Eunice Hong - Women Writers, Women's Books

Memento Mori revolves around different interpretations of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, as told by a Korean woman to her younger brother. In its simplest and most well-known form, the story goes something like this:  On her wedding day, Eurydice dies of a snakebite. Grief-stricken Orpheus, newly wedded and widowed, descends to the underworld […]