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Hello, Drunkard

Hello, Drunkard scrap

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  • ISBN

    9788936437381

  • Author

    Kwon Yeo-sun권여선

  • Publisher

    Changbi Publishers, Inc.창비

  • Year Published

    2016

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

Life’s cruel joke

and the beautiful patterns of life drawn by those enduring such tragedy


This collection of short stories by Kwon Yeo-sun , who has firmly established herself in the Korean literary world with remarkable achievements such as winning the 47th Dong-in Literature Award, explores the meaning of life through vivid and chilling prose that capture the haunting, incomprehensible moments of past lives that refuse to be forgotten. When life’s cruel joke pushes a man to the brink, how can he endure such misfortune? Kwon, renowned for masterfully illustrating how even the slightest crack can shatter a life, poignantly portrays the sublimity of those enduring such tragedy.


When life plays a joke, a man either falls ill or turns to drink...

A solitary greeting to a drunkard who fell flat on his face in a wretched life


This book features drinking scenes quite frequently. The reasons vary, but the characters drink either out of habit or to endure something. Among the scenes, the most overwhelming is when Yeong-gyeong of "Spring Night", an alcoholic who turned to drinking after losing her child , reads Kim Su-Young's poem aloud while drunk. Kwon's language painfully portrays the despair of someone hitting rock bottom and retraces the actions of a tipsy character, chillingly capturing the drunkard’s fragile inner state, teetering on the edge of collapse.

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권여선

Kwon Yeo-sun권여선

Kwon Yeo-sun (b. 1965) is the author of four novels: The Blue Opening, House of Clay Figurines, Legato, and, most recently, Lemon; five short story collections: The Virgin Skirt, Pink Ribbon Days, Red Fruits in My Garden, The Nutmeg Forest, and Hello, Drunkard; and a book of essays: What Do We Eat Today? She has received the Sangsang Literary Award, Oh Yeongsu Literature Award, Yi Sang Literary Prize, Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, Tong-ni Literature Prize, and Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award. The Japanese translation of Hello, Drunkard was published by Shinkansha in 2018.

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