책 / 한국문학
After Reading 'The Naked Tree.'
It's been a while since I wrote. I had read Park Wan-suh's writing before, but a novella-length work like The Naked Tree was a first for me. Moreover, this…
2018-03-12
책 / 한국문학
책 / 한국문학
After Reading Park Wan-suh's 'The Thirsty Season'
The historical backdrop running through the novel is all too simple. It's partly because the Korean War was a long-standing theme of Park Wan-suh's, and be…
2018-02-03
책 / 한국문학
On Reading Eun Hee-kyung's 'Take the Last Dance with Me'
The 'I' that becomes visible when you look at yourself from a distance is both the real me and not me. I sometimes think I'd like to be someone's last danc…
2017-11-30
책 / 한국문학
After Reading Eun Hee-kyung's 'The Bird's Gift'
The first-round exam is over, and I borrowed The Bird's Gift, one of the books I'd wanted to read. Well, my reading speed has gotten faster now, so somethi…
2017-11-28
책 / 한국문학
'Kim Ji-young, Born 1982', Cho Nam-joo, Minumsa, <Today's Young Writers 13>
- This piece contains a lot of the novel's content. - 0. A Talked-About Work "People call me a mom-roach" is the sentence written on the back of this novel…
2017-05-16
책 / 한국문학
Meditation on the Snipe and 3 Others, Kim Won-il Collected Novels Vol. 22, Gang
1. A word about the author. I know almost nothing about the author Kim Won-il. I only have a few things I picked up here and there. That he was separated f…
2017-04-11
책 / 한국문학
Lee Gyun-young, The Wind and the City and 11 Other Stories, Munhaksasangsa, 1986
0. Before getting started. As one of the new projects I'm starting this year, I planned to write about authors who won the Yi Sang Literary Award / Dongni …
2017-03-16
책 / 한국문학
Lee Hyo-seok Short Story Collection, 'When the Buckwheat Blooms' and 19 Other Pieces, Munji Publishing
1. When studying Lee Hyo-seok's works over time, the biggest thing always discussed is that you can see two things: that there are works of his as a 'fello…
2016-10-19
책 / 한국문학
Selected Short Stories of Hwang Sun-won, 'The Old Potter' and 19 Other Works, Moonji Publishing Korean Literature Collection
1. If you studied the Korean (language) section of the CSAT diligently, you can probably remember at least Hwang Sun-won's 'The Shower' — that's the kind o…
2016-09-08
책 / 한국문학
The Art of the Late Yi Sang, Choi Jae-seo, <Literature and Intellect>, 'Inmunsa,' 1938
I greatly love Yi Sang's fiction. Therefore, talking with friends or writing about his fiction is also a joyful thing for me. But that I have come to speak…
2016-08-31
책 / 한국문학
Oh Sang-won Selected Short and Medium Stories, 'Reprieve' and 9 Others, Moonji Publishing Korean Literature Collection
1. Among Oh Sang-won's works, 'Reprieve' is by far the finest. When we pick a novel that best exemplifies the 'stream of consciousness technique,' one of t…
2016-08-29
책 / 한국문학
Kim Seung-ok's Selected Novellas and Short Stories, 'Life Practice' and Others, Munhakdongne Korean Literature Collection
1. Kim Seung-ok is a writer who displayed his talent at a very young age. As the first generation to learn and grow up using only 'Hangul,' the 1960s write…
2016-08-27