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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

짐승의 시간

About the Original Works

Original Title
짐승의 시간
Title Romanization
Jimseungui sigan
Title Sub
김원우장편소설
English Title(Printed)
Time of the Beast
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Author
Kim Wonwoo
Co-Author
-
Published Year
1986
Publisher
민음사
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Lee Kijung
Subject/Theme
Korean society in the late 1970s; political oppression; cultural attitudes

About the Author

  • Kim Wonwoo
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Wonwoo
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김원우
  • ISNI : 0000000374186664
  • Works : 3
Plot

Signal, a theater company, is unable to obtain permission from the authorities to perform a play because it features terrorists. Frustrated by the political nature of the ban, the troupe’s leader insists on going ahead with the production, which is stopped after only two days. In the midst of the troupe’s disappointment, news arrives of the President’s death, causing the leader to collapse as if everything is over.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

1985년 계간지 <문예중앙>봄 호에 발표한 김원우의 장편소설이며 같은 해 단행본으로 출간되었다. 작품은 1970년대 말 정치적 규제와 탄압이 팽배했던 한국 사회를 다루고 있다. 정치적으로 불안정한 사회에서 위축된 문화의 지형도를 액자소설의 형식을 통해 보여 주고 있다.

Time of the Beast by Kim Wonwoo (alternatively Kim Wonu) was first published in the spring issue of the quarterly magazine Munye Joongang in 1985, and then reissued as a standalone book later that year. The novel deals with Korean society in the late 1970s, a time when political regulations and oppression prevailed. Within the frames of the novel form, the author offers a topographical map of a culture that is being atrophied by political instability.

Translated Books1

  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    禽兽的日子
    Kim Wonwoo et al / 金源佑 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

E-Books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-Books
    The Time of Beasts
    Kun Woong Park / - / 2010 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
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