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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

소금가마니

About the Original Works

Original Title
소금가마니
Title Romanization
Sogeumgamani
English Title
A Sack of Salt
Classification

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

Author
Ku Hyoseo
Co-Author
-
Published Year
-
Publisher
-
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Narrator, his mother, his father, Park Seonghyeon
Subject/Theme
Mother’s love; war

About the Author

  • Ku Hyoseo
  • Birth : 1958 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Hyoseo
  • Family Name : Ku
  • Korean Name : 구효서
  • ISNI : 0000000081869824
  • Works : 9
Plot

The main character discovers the Japanese translation of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling among the things left behind by his dead mother, who had raised her children by selling tofu and enduring the physical violence of her husband. Before her marriage, she had been in love with a very educated young man, Park Seonghyeon. After the war, both her husband and Park Seonghyeon are dead, but she lives to an old age, and her funeral is attended by more than thirty of her children and grandchildren.

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

2005년에 출간된 구효서의 단편소설이다. 제6회 이효석문학상을 수상했다. 철학자 키에르케고르의 철학서 <공포와 전율>을 매개로 하여 한 개인의 인생과 역사의 비극을 다루고 있다.

This short story by Ku Hyoseo was published in 2005 and received the sixth Lee Hyoseok Literary Award. It is the interwoven story of one individual’s life and Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling.

Translated Books1

  • German(Deutsch) Book
    Die Salzsäcke
    Ku Hyoseo et al / Gu Hyoseo / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Short Story
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