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REVIEW: My Son’s Girlfriend by Jung Mi Kyung (정미경)

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Article
http://www.ktlit.com/review-my-sons-girlfriend-by-jung-mi-kyung/
Journal
Korean Literature in Translation
Issued Date
January 22, 2015
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Language
English(English)
Country
SOUTH KOREA
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Book
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Writer
Jung Mikyung

About the Author

  • Jung Mikyung
  • Birth : 1960 ~ 2017
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Mikyung
  • Family Name : Jung
  • Korean Name : 정미경
  • ISNI : 0000000044647608
  • Works : 3
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  • English(English)

The short story has always been the highest form of modern literature in Korea, and Jung Mi-Kyung’s My Son’s Girlfriend (Part of the awesome LTI Korea / Dalkey Archive Press effort) is a powerful argument for it. My Son’s Girlfriend contains seven stories all of which hit, in various ways, at the alienation of modern life and the loss, distortion or impermanence of love, focusing on plots and themes that are specific to Korea, while at the same time have relevance to all modernized countries. While the characters and settings vary, as the band Led Zepplin once noted, “the song remains the same.” Jung explores the erosion of love in the modern world, and frequently in light of decisions made years prior, making the stories not just about current situations of the first person narrators, but also of choices they made which led them to the bleak lives they lead.   Source: http://www.ktlit.com/review-my-sons-girlfriend-by-jung-mi-kyung/

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