Haïlji's first book, 'The Road to Racetracks' brought him immediate fame as well as a share of notoriety. The novel centers on an intellectual who has just returned from France and portrays the gradual crumbling of his world—both internal and external—as he struggles with hypocritical standards and conservative values of the Korean society. In the next three years, Ha published four novels, and is in fact known as unique in Korea for only publishing novels Hi next novels were, Racetracks at Crossroads, For Racetracks, An Alder Tree at the Racetracks, What Happened at the Racetracks—all of which shocked the Korean literary world with their unique and innovative approach towards contradictions in life. Critical assessment of his works varies from one extreme to the other, and Ha became embroiled in a series of debates with conservative literary critics—now widely known as the “Racetrack Controversy.” His subsequent works are characterized by fantastic or dreamy atmosphere and have helped to secure him a readership of avid admirers.

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