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  • Author

    Yang Gui-ja양귀자

  • Publisher

    Write Publishing Co.쓰다

  • Year Published

    2013

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 순수소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

Author Yang Gwi-ja's third full-length novel, published in 1998, achieved first place on the bestseller list immediately after its release, and even in the 2020s, more than 10 years after the initial publication, it continues to be loved by readers, reaching its 132nd printing.


For 25-year-old unmarried woman Ahn Jin-jin, her life revolves around her mother who sells undergarments in the market, her father who occasionally returns home in a state of disappearance, and her younger brother who dreams of becoming a boss in the underworld. Jin-jin also has an aunt who is her mother's twin sister, and the divergent fates of her mother and aunt make Jin-jin ponder how to understand her life.


Yang Gwi-ja's nimble and delicate prose vividly portrays the lives of the characters, and through the earnest observation of life by Jin-jin, the novel suggests to readers that life is something to be explored even at the risk of one's entire existence.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Yang's fiction from the 1980s was informed by the prevailing spirit of social protest. Even though she did not adopt specific ideological positions, the belief that collective action can affect positive changes in people's lives still underpinned much of her works. As the prevailing mood of disillusionment began to supplant the earlier decade's fervor in the consumer culture of the 1990s, Yang's fiction underwent change as well.

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