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KLN Vol.59 BOOKMARK: When I Start Weeping

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Data number
II00001167
Control number
LTI-P002-2021011-148-002
Title
KLN Vol.59 BOOKMARK: When I Start Weeping
Keyword
Kim Ji Yeon, When I Start Weeping
Classification
Media · Publication > Korean Literature > Author
Language
English(English)
Item type
General document
Size
32.28KB
Format
DOC Document
Descriptions - 2 Languages
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

This is the full text of the English translation of Kim Ji Yeon’s short story “When I Start Weeping” in the Bookmark section of KLN Vol. 59. The story features a protagonist, who is now a ghost, reminiscing about her memories with Sahm, her ex-boyfriend in life, and witnessing and reflecting on not only her death but also deaths of others. Through this process, the author develops the idea that death is losing the place where your heart can settle and scattering, meaning that life is premised on the presence of someone, others, where your heart can settle.

KLN 59호 북마크 김지연 작가의 <내가 울기 시작할 때> 영문번역본 전문이다. 죽어 유령이 된 "나"가 생전 "나"의 남자친구였던 "삼"과의 기억을 돌아보는 구성을 갖고 있는 이 소설은 자기 자신의 죽음만이 아니라 타인의 죽음들을 목격하고 돌아보며 마음이 머무를 곳을 잃고 흩어지는 게 곧 죽음이며, 곧 삶은 마음이 머무를 대상, 타인을 전제한다는 인식을 발전시킨다.