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Wolf Note

Wolf Note scrap

울프 노트

  • Author

    Chung Han-Ah정한아

  • Publisher

    Moonji Publishing문학과지성사

  • Year Published

    2018-04

  • Category

    Poetry

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

This is the second collection of poems by Chung Han-Ah, who, with bold metaphors but without pretense, depicts a unique world based on her own experiences.


Lone wolf. It simply means a lonely wolf, but it also means a criminal acting alone or isolationist. Mr Lone Wolf in the poems of Chung Han-Ah doesn't know how to exaggerate the issues of the world or how to compromise with injustice, resulting in him becoming isolated. Mr Lone Wolf is missing or dead in several poems in this collection, and the notes he recorded when he was alive is referenced in multiple pieces. Mr Lone Wolf, who appears to be removed from society due to his failure to adjust and self-isolation, symbolizes the being standing at the opposite point from "simplicity" and "explicitness" of the world. Through Mr Lone Wolf, Chung Han-Ah urges readers to take a look at the world and reflect on themselves. The affection towards Mr Lone Wolf, who endlessly struggles against a world full of negativity, is one way the author represents what she's after.

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Author Bio 작가 소개

The characters in Jeong Han-a’s fiction are all scarred people. Their scars often start from family relationships. In “Binbang” (빈방 The Empty Room), the father is having an affair, and in “Geurandeu mangsang hotel” (그랜드 망상 호텔 The Grand Illusion Hotel), the mother is an alcoholic. In “Opeunhauseu” (오픈하우스 Open House), the parents are so busy that they cannot really take care of what’s around them. In “Sinhaeng” (신행 New Behavior), the parents are dead. The child in “Geurandeu mangsang hotel” (그랜드 망상 호텔 The Grand Illusion Hotel) is unable to have normal relationships, and the child in “Opeunhauseu” (오픈하우스 Open House) has anorexia. The child in “Sinhaeng” (신행 New Behavior) marries a man who is certain to destroy her. As such, Jeong Han-a’s characters experience loss and scarcity, including the absence of family, lack of communication, loss of a romantic partner, and neglect toward reality. However, even as Jeong Han-a depicts the pains of such characters, she does not lose her optimism for life. The characters do not frivolously reveal their pains, or attempt to hold onto what they’re losing. They give up on things that they cannot do anything about, and do what they can. However, this doesn’t mean that they are powerless beings that succumb to reality. What is seen from the characters of Jeong Han-a is an attitude for autonomy in living life one their own, rather than limp compliance. To borrow the words of the literary critic Cha Mi-ryeong, “author Jeong Han-a has a small, but strong will, where she believes that even if she loses her ears and her legs to the brutal world, and end up on the bottom, she will still continue to dance, sing, and dream, and that she will start her life again with such belief.”

Translator`s Expectations 기대평

There are no expectations.

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