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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

빈방

About the Original Works

Original Title
빈방
Title Romanization
Binbang
English Title(Printed)
An Empty Room
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Author
Park Bum Shin
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2004
Publisher
이룸
ISBN
8957070958
Main Characters
The narrator, Hyein
Subject/Theme
Age of infertility

About the Author

  • Park Bum Shin
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Bum Shin
  • Family Name : Park
  • Korean Name : 박범신
  • ISNI : 0000000063425736
  • Works : 17
Plot

The narrator is a wealthy, aimless artist in his early forties who can afford to paint whenever he wants. He lacks artistic ambition and does not feel the need to start a family. By contrast, his long-time girlfriend Hyein is full of plans and desires. A fashion designer, she intends to marry a wealthy man in his sixties, and she comes to visit the narrator on the day before her wedding.

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

2004년 출간된 박범신의 연작소설이다. '별똥별', '빈방', '항아리야 항아리야', '괜찮아, 정말 괜찮아', '감자꽃 필 때', '흰 건반 검은 건반' 등 6편의 작품으로 구성되어 있다. 작가는 이 작품을 통해 창조적 생명력이 거세된 '불임의 시대'를 고발하고자 했다. 현대인들의 결핍된 삶을 텅 빈 방으로 비유하며 그들이 떠안은 실존적 과제에 대해 이야기한다.

This collection of six linked short stories by Park Bum Shin was published in 2004. The featured stories are “Shooting Star,” “Empty Room,” “Jar, It’s a Jar,” “It’s Okay, It’s Really Okay,” “When Potato Blossoms,” and “White Keys and Black Keys.” In this collection, which deals with existential questions of contemporary life, the author describes the current times as an “age of infertility,” referring to the metaphorical castration of creative vitality and comparing individuals’ meaningless lives to empty rooms.

E-Books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-Books
    An Empty Room
    Park Bum Shin et al / Bum-shin Park / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
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