Printed/Published Work
Korean(한국어)
고래
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 고래
- Title Romanization
- Gorae
- Title Sub
- 천명관 장편소설
- English Title(Printed)
- Whale
- Classification
-
KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
- Author
- Cheon Myeong-kwan
- Co-Author
- -
- Published Year
- 2004
- Publisher
- -
- ISBN
- 8982819274
- The Series
- 문학동네 장편소설
- Main Characters
- Geumbok, Geokjeong, Chunhui
- Subject/Theme
- Tumultuous lives of three women, unrealistic space, Chunhui’s life from generation to generation
About the Author
- Cheon Myeong-kwan
- Birth : 1964 ~ -
- Occupation : Novelist
- First Name : Myeong-kwan
- Family Name : Cheon
- Korean Name : 천명관
- ISNI : 0000000078506811
- Works : 25
Plot
After leaving her mountain village with a fish peddler, Geumbok meets a man named Geokjeong and gives birth to her daughter Chunhui. When money and deeds fall out of her ceiling one day, Geumbok uses them to set up a brick factory and becomes rich. But a huge fire burns down the village, leaving many villagers dead or fleeing the village. All alone, Chunhui bakes bricks by herself without a word.
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