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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

삼미 슈퍼스타즈의 마지막 팬클럽

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Original Title
삼미 슈퍼스타즈의 마지막 팬클럽
Title Romanization
Sammi Superstarsui majimang paenkeulleop
Title Sub
박민규 장편소설
English Title(Printed)
The Last Fan Club of the Sammi Superstars
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Author
Park Min-gyu
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2004
Publisher
한겨레신문사
ISBN
8984311049
The Series
창비청소년문학 ; 64
Main Characters
Narrator, Jo Seong-hun, The Sammi Superstars Fan Club
Subject/Theme
Life in the margins, professional baseball, repeated defeats, delightful reversals

About the Author

  • Park Min-gyu
  • Birth : 1968 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Min-gyu
  • Family Name : Park
  • Korean Name : 박민규
  • ISNI : 0000000044221463
  • Works : 40
Plot

In 1982, the Sammi Superstars, the professional baseball team with the worst records, including the lowest score in a season, the most points lost by the team, and the most home runs allowed, is on sale. After the narrator is fired during corporate restructuring from the Asian Financial Crisis, he forms a fan club of the Sammi Superstars along with Jo Seong-hun and “Zorba,” the owner of a cafe in Hongdae, and people the narrator meets in an internet cafe. Although it is a fan club formed by people with no power who have been pushed to the periphery, they are passionate about the Sammi Superstars. Until the team is sold to the Cheongbo Pintos in 1985, they continue to participate in the fan club regardless of the reality that encourages competition.

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

This novel by Park Min-gyu won the 8th Hankyoreh Literary Award in 2003, and was published in the same year. Centering on a professional baseball team that is struggling in the lower ranks, the author portrays the sorrow and pain of those who have been pushed to the margins (minorities) with a uniquely delightful sensibilities. The author's warm gaze on the marginalized has gained the readers’ interest and support not only at the time of the book’s publication but also in 2020 when the revised edition was published.

2003년 제8회 한겨레문학상을 받은 박민규의 장편소설로 같은 해에 출간되었다. 하위권에서 허덕이던 프로야구 팀을 중심으로, 주변부로 밀려난 사람들(마이너리티)의 비애와 고통을 작가 특유의 유쾌한 감각으로 그려내었다. 소외된 사람들을 바라보는 작가의 따뜻한 시선에 대한 대중들의 관심은 출간 당시는 물론이고 개정판을 낸 2020년에도 계속되고 있다.

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