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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

서른의 반격

서른의 반격
Original Title
서른의 반격
Title Romanization
Seoreunui bangyeok
Title Sub
제5회 제주4·3평화문학상 수상작
English Title(Printed)
Counterattack at Thirty
Classification

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

Author
Sohn Won-pyung
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2017
Publisher
은행나무
ISBN
9791196199807
Main Characters
Kim Ji-hye, Gyu-ok, Mu-in, Nam-eun
Subject/Theme
Awareness of authority, structure of exploitation, life of youth, non-regular workers
Sohn Won-pyung
  • Sohn Won-pyung
  • Birth : 1979 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Won-pyung
  • Family Name : Sohn
  • Korean Name : 손원평
  • ISNI : 0000000464581043
  • Works : 47
Plot

Ji-hye, born in 1988, works as an intern at an academy run by a large corporation, hoping to become a full-time employee. Feeling helpless in the reality where nothing has changed and that she has no power to change, she gets to know Gyu-ok and Mu-in, who are the same age as her, and they bond as they agree to try to resist as much as they can. Ji-hye and Gyu-ok decide to perform a small act of resistance against the head of the academy, Director Kim, who exploits their labor and time and maintains an authoritarian attitude. Their small resistance towards the older generation, who has no shame, is nothing serious, but it causes cracks in their daily lives.

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

This novel by Sohn Won-pyung, published in 2017, won the 5th Jeju 4.3 Peace Literature Award. Through the protagonists who were born in 1988, the author raises questions about the older generation’s absurdity and the sense of authority from the perspective of the younger generation. Rather than addressing a big social problem and resisting against it, the protagonists express their thoughts through trivial revenge and subversion that can be carried out in daily life.

2017년에 출간된 손원평의 장편소설로 제5회 제주4.3 평화문학상 수상작이다. 작가는 1988년생 주인공들을 통해 젊은 세대가 기성세대에 느끼는 부조리와 권위의식에 대해 문제를 제기하고 있다. 사회적으로 거대한 문제를 제기하고 저항하기 보다는 일상에서 실행할 수 있는 사소한 복수와 전복을 통해 자신들의 생각을 드러내고 있다.

Translated Books3

  • 三十歲的反擊
    Chinese(繁體) Funded by LTI Korea Available
    三十歲的反擊
    Sohn Won-pyung et al / 孫元平 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • 三十の反撃
    Japanese(日本語) Funded by LTI Korea Available
    三十の反撃
    Sohn Won-pyung et al / ソン・ウォンピョン / 2021 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • KONTRATAK
    Polish(Polski) Funded by LTI Korea Available
    KONTRATAK
    Sohn Won-pyung et al / WON-PYUNG SOHN / 2024 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

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