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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

발가락이 닮았다

About the Original Works

Original Title
발가락이 닮았다
Title Romanization
Balgaragi dalmatda
English Title(Printed)
Our Toes Are Alike
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945

Author
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Co-Author
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Published Year
1932
Publisher
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Narrator, M
Subject/Theme
Humanity, naturalism
Plot

Poor office worker M suffers from a sexually transmitted disease due to his promiscuous sex life, and eventually loses his fertility. However, his wife becomes pregnant, and his acquaintances are surprised. The narrator is a doctor, who is well aware that M is infertile, but M comes to the narrator and says that his child resembles his great-grandfather and that his middle toes and his child’s middle toes are alike. Feeling sorry for M, the narrator tries to avoid his gaze.

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

This work is considered to show the virtue of humanity by having the narrator, who is a doctor and therefore can confirm the scientific fact that M is infertile and therefore unable to father a child, acknowledge that M’s child resembles M.

1932년 <동광>에 발표된 단편소설이다. 이 작품은 생식능력이 없는 M이 아이를 가질 수 없다는 과학주의적인 인식을 확인할 수 있으면서도 결국 의사인 '나'가 아이와 M과 닮았다는 사실을 인정함으로써 휴머니티를 보여주고 있다는 평가를 받는다.

E-Books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-Books
    Our Toes Are Alike
    Kim Dong-in / Kim Dong-in / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945
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