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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

상속

상속
Original Title
상속
Title Romanization
Sangsok
Title Sub
은희경 소설집
English Title(Printed)
Inheritance
Classification

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

Author
Eun Heekyung
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2002
Publisher
문학과지성사
ISBN
9788932013442
Main Characters
-
Subject/Theme
Loneliness; life attitude;
Eun Heekyung
  • Eun Heekyung
  • Birth : 1959 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Heekyung
  • Family Name : Eun
  • Korean Name : 은희경
  • ISNI : 0000000113700223
  • Works : 52
Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

2002년에 출간된 은희경의 소설집이다. 표제작인 <상속>을 비롯 <태양의 서커스>, <내가 살았던 집>, <아내의 상자>, <내 고향에는 이제 눈이 내리지 않는다>등 모두 7편의 작품이 수록되어 있다. 작가는 현실을 기록하기 보다는 현실을 대하는 태도에 관해 작품을 써왔는데 이번 소설집도 그렇다. 작품에 등장하는 불임인 아내에게 버림받은 남자, 복화술사, 병을 치료할 돈마저 날려버린 사업가, 시골에서 도시에 올라온 소녀 등이 경험하는 사건들을 씁쓸한 웃음과 어쩔 수 없는 태연함 그리고 명료한 현실인식으로 그려내고 있다. 동시에 작가는 비관할 수 없는 현실을 딛고 오늘을 살아가야 하는 사람들의 슬픔도 함께 살피고 있다.

Published in 2002, this collection by Eun Heekyung introduces seven of her short stories including the title story “Inheritance,” “The Cirque du Soleil,” “The House Where I Lived,” “My Wife’s Box,” and “Snow Falls No More in My Hometown.”   Instead of simply reflecting contemporary society in her work, the writer is more interested in the attitudes of people toward their present circumstances. She introduces, for example, a man who gets divorced by his infertile wife, a girl who comes to the city from the countryside, a businessman who loses all his money and is unable to get treated for his illness, and a ventriloquist. The writer tells her stories, funny and sad,  in a distant and impassive voice, but her ideas are clear: we should look around and be aware of the problems and issues in us and in the people around us.

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