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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 Gui-ja was born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, and graduated from Wonkwang University with a degree in Korean Literature. Yang made her literary debut in 1978 when her short story "Dasi sijakaneun achim" (다시 시작하는 아침 Starting a New Morning) won the New Writer's Contest hosted by the monthly Literature & Thought. In 1987 she achieved popular success with the release of her collection of linked short stories Wonmidong saramdeul (원미동 사람들 A Distant and Beautiful Place), for which she is still most famous. This collection was a painstaking depiction of the lives of people on the periphery of industrial culture. Yang is the recipient of the Yu Ju-hyeon Literary Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award, and the Hyundae Literary Award.

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