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I Bought a Balloon

I Bought a Balloon scrap

풍선을 샀어: 2008 동인문학상 수상작

  • ISBN

    9788932018690

  • Author

    Jo Kyung Ran조경란

  • Publisher

    Moonji Publishing co., Ltd.문학과지성사

  • Year Published

    2008

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

This short story collection by Jo Kyung Ran was published in 2008. It contains eight short stories in total, including “Hyeongran’s First Book,” “The Night Had Deepened,” “Speculation About Being Forty,” “Egg,” and the title story. In this collection, the author closely examines the solitude and self-consciousness of writing. In particular, it depicts moments in which the fear of loneliness is overcome through relationships with family members, the challenge of reading and writing, and the meaning of books.

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Jo Kyung Ran조경란

Jo Kyung Ran made her literary debut in 1996 when her short story “The French Optical” won the Dong-a Ilbo New Writer’s Contest. She is the author of the short story collections Looking for the Elephant (2002) and The Story of a Ladle (2004), I Bought a Balloon (2008), Philosophy of Sunday (2013), and the novels Time for Baking Bread (2001), Tongue (2007), and Blowfish (2010). She is also the recipient of the Hyundae Munhak Award and the Dongin Prize, among others.

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