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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

그 여자의 연인

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그 여자의 연인
Original Title
그 여자의 연인
Title Romanization
Geu yeojaui yeonin
English Title(Printed)
The Man She Loved
Classification

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

Author
Pahk Yon-Hee
Co-Author
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Published Year
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Publisher
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Im Gyuju, Baek Gyusik, Song Gyeongwon, Kang Seonok, Namsim
Subject/Theme
Korean society after the Korean War; National Security Act;

About the Author

Writer default image
  • Pahk Yon-Hee
  • Birth : 1918 ~ 2008
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Yon-Hee
  • Family Name : Pak
  • Korean Name : 박연희
  • ISNI : 0000000079049384
  • Works : 6
Plot

Im Gyuju is the chief editor at a publishing company. With a consumptive wife, he has had affairs with several women: Song Gyeongwon, Kang Seonok, and Jang Seonghye. He gets arrested when his novel, which has been serialized in a newspaper, is accused of having an inappropriate ideological view, but he is released with help from Song Gyeongwon and the publishing company owner, Baek Gyusik. Baek Gyusik decides to close down the company and start a farm, and Im Gyuju decides to join him.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

1957년에 발표한 박연희의 장편소설이다. 작품은 여러 명의 여성과 복잡한 연애를 하는 주인공의 이야기다. 작가는 한국전쟁이 휴전된 후 한국사회를 지배했던 보안법과 사상검열 문제 등을 배경으로 예술가의 불안한 삶을 복잡한 사랑의 문제로 표현했다.

This novel by Pahk Yon-Hee was published in 1957. The story centers around the main character having affairs with several women, and by including the National Security Act and ideological censorship, the story also deals with the insecurity and instability of a writer’s life at the time.

Translated Books1

  • The man she loved
    English(English) Book Available
    The man she loved
    Pahk Yon-Hee / Pahk Yon-Hee / 1986 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
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