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The cry of the magpies

  • Author(s)

    Kim Dongri김동리

  • Translator(s)

  • Publisher

    JimoondangJimoondang

  • Country

    SOUTH KOREA

  • Language

    English(English)

  • Year Published

    2002

  • Target User

  • Period

Description 작품 소개

“The Cry of the Magpies” is one of Kim Dong-ni's most famous and widely read short stories. From the depressing condition of life represented in the story by combining poverty, war, chronic illness, and hopelessness emerges various intensified forms of love, desire and longing. The cry of magpies, which is believed to foretell either the arrival of a welcome visitor or the visit of death, aptly symbolizes the two sides of human passion that sweep through the story. In “Deungsin-bul”, Kim Dong-ni examines the meaning of religious and spiritual engagement for a young man who desperately seeks a way to escape from a meaningless death in the Japanese army. This pursuit, however, leads him to a confrontation with the Deungsin-bul, the life-sized statue of a legendary Buddhist monk who burned himself as a sacrifice in order to redeem the sinful weaknesses of humanity. Reference : Jimoondang. "The cry of the magpies", http://www.jimoon.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=book1&wr_id=56&sfl=wr_subject%7C%7Cwr_content&stx=The cry of the magpies&sop=or&page=7&cate=. accessed 31 Oct 2023.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Kim Dongri

Kim Dongri김동리

“The Cry of the Magpies” is one of Kim Dong-ni's most famous and widely read short stories. From the depressing condition of life represented in the story by combining poverty, war, chronic illness, and hopelessness emerges various intensified forms of love, desire and longing. The cry of magpies, which is believed to foretell either the arrival of a welcome visitor or the visit of death, aptly symbolizes the two sides of human passion that sweep through the story. In “Deungsin-bul”, Kim Dong-ni examines the meaning of religious and spiritual engagement for a young man who desperately seeks a way to escape from a meaningless death in the Japanese army. This pursuit, however, leads him to a confrontation with the Deungsin-bul, the life-sized statue of a legendary Buddhist monk who burned himself as a sacrifice in order to redeem the sinful weaknesses of humanity. Reference : Jimoondang. "The cry of the magpies", http://www.jimoon.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=book1&wr_id=56&sfl=wr_subject%7C%7Cwr_content&stx=The cry of the magpies&sop=or&page=7&cate=. accessed 31 Oct 2023.

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