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Poor Man's Wife

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Author
Hyun Jin-geon
Co-Author
-
Translator
Sora Kim-Russell
Publisher
Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published Year
2014
Country
SOUTH KOREA (Seoul)
Classification

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

Original Title
빈처
Romanization of Original
Bincheo
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9788993360622
Page
-
Series
20th Century Korean Literature

About the Author

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  • Hyun Jin-geon
  • Birth : 1900 ~ 1943
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Jin-geon
  • Family Name : Hyun
  • Korean Name : 현진건
  • ISNI : 0000000108631411
  • Works : 39
About the Original Work
DLKL
  • 빈처
  • Author : Hyun Jin-geon
  • Published Year : 1921
  • English Title : -
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

“Poor Man’s Wife” explores the conflict between art and daily life. A heavily autobiographical work, the story is told from the point of view of an aspiring novelist who has chosen a life of poverty and hardship in order to focus on his writing. One day, after witnessing the contrast between their situation and that of the narrator’s much more affluent relation, the novelist’s wife pleads with him to “find a way to make a living.” By presenting the wife’s position of wanting to support her artist husband while also being unavoidably bound to the desire for wealth and stability, and the husband’s observations of his wife, the story vividly portrays the conventions and hardships faced by the artists who lived under Japanese colonialism.

Translated Books2

  • 贫妻
    Chinese(简体) Book
    贫妻
    ヒョン・ジンゴン / 현진건 / 2010 / -
  • Poor Man's wife
    English(English) Book
    Poor Man's wife
    Eun Hee-Kyung / 은희경 / 2012 / -
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