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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

세상에서 가장 비싼 소설

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세상에서 가장 비싼 소설
Original Title
세상에서 가장 비싼 소설
Title Romanization
Sesangeseo gajang bissan soseol
English Title(Printed)
The World's Most Expensive Novel
Classification

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

Author
Kim Min Jeong
Co-Author
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Published Year
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Publisher
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Narrator, (narrator’s) older brother
Subject/Theme
Logic of capital, position of literature, criticizing literature

About the Author

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  • Kim Min Jeong
  • Birth : 1976 ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer, Translator
  • First Name : Min Jeong
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김민정
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 7
Plot

The narrator presents an image of herself as a capitalist writer with exchange value and focuses on showing that the novelists play a necessary role in maintaining the system. With the goal of becoming a paid fiction writer—that is, a “salary-earning novelist,” she betrays what was known as the role of writers and walks the completely opposite path. Her work includes writing to earn a certain wage without criticizing the Haves.

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

This is a short story included in Kim Min-jung's short story collection Hongboyong soseol (Promotional novels), published in 2016, and was published as the 15th book in Asia Publishers’ K-Fiction series in the same year. The author raises questions about the paradigm of literature through her work. She uses the structure of irony to suggest that literature should not and cannot be swept away by the logic of capital.

2016년에 출간된 김민정의 소설집<홍보용 소설>에 수록된 단편이며 같은해 K-픽션 시리즈15번째로 출간되기도 했다. 작가는 작품을 통해 문학의 패러다임에 대해 질문을 던진다. 문학이 자본의 논리에 휩쓸려서도 안 되며, 휩쓸릴 수도 없음을 반어적 구조를 사용하여 제시하고 있다.

Translated Books1

  • The World's Most Expensive Novel
    English(English) Book Available
    The World's Most Expensive Novel
    Kim Min Jeong et al / Kim Min-jung / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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