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The Catcher in the Loft scrap

The Catcher in the Loft

  • Author(s)

    Cheon Un-yeong천운영

  • Translator(s)

  • Publisher

    Codhill PressCodhill Press

  • Country

    UNITED STATES

  • Language

    English(English)

  • Year Published

    2019

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 순수소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

Inspired by the case of a torture specialist in 1980s South Korea who from 1988 to 2000 was a fugitive in his own house, The Catcher in the Loft (published in South Korea in 2011 as Saenggang) is in equal parts a portrait of a man coming to terms with his notorious past and a coming-of-age story centered in his dependent relationship with his college-age daughter, who has always thought of him as a patriotic policeman. The novel begins at breakneck speed, with a victim perishing under the torture artist's (renamed An) watch, and a hurried decision that An must take cover. The remainder of the novel is a dual narrative related in turn by the torture artist and his daughter, Sŏn, who must harbor her father in a loft above her room. There follows a counterpoint of concealment (An) and revelation (Sŏn), with the daughter discovering the "festival" of her own body during an infatuation with a university classmate, followed by the sobering knowledge, manifested firsthand in her encounter with one of her father's shattered victims, that the father she had idolized is a sado-masochist reduced to abject dependence on her for all of his daily needs during his concealment in the loft. When the novel ends, years later, the focus is equally on An's ultimate capitulation (he turns himself in to the authorities) and Sŏn's awakening to her autonomy. Reference : Codhill Press. "The Catcher in the Loft", https://www.codhill.com/product/the-catcher-in-the-loftby-chon-unyong/ . accessed 18 Oct 2023.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Cheon Un-yeong

Cheon Un-yeong천운영

Inspired by the case of a torture specialist in 1980s South Korea who from 1988 to 2000 was a fugitive in his own house, The Catcher in the Loft (published in South Korea in 2011 as Saenggang) is in equal parts a portrait of a man coming to terms with his notorious past and a coming-of-age story centered in his dependent relationship with his college-age daughter, who has always thought of him as a patriotic policeman. The novel begins at breakneck speed, with a victim perishing under the torture artist's (renamed An) watch, and a hurried decision that An must take cover. The remainder of the novel is a dual narrative related in turn by the torture artist and his daughter, Sŏn, who must harbor her father in a loft above her room. There follows a counterpoint of concealment (An) and revelation (Sŏn), with the daughter discovering the "festival" of her own body during an infatuation with a university classmate, followed by the sobering knowledge, manifested firsthand in her encounter with one of her father's shattered victims, that the father she had idolized is a sado-masochist reduced to abject dependence on her for all of his daily needs during his concealment in the loft. When the novel ends, years later, the focus is equally on An's ultimate capitulation (he turns himself in to the authorities) and Sŏn's awakening to her autonomy. Reference : Codhill Press. "The Catcher in the Loft", https://www.codhill.com/product/the-catcher-in-the-loftby-chon-unyong/ . accessed 18 Oct 2023.

Original Work 원작

The Catcher in the Loft

생강

By Cheon Un-yeong (천운영)

Changbi Publishers (2011)

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