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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

신기생뎐

About the Original Works

Original Title
신기생뎐
Title Romanization
Singisaengdyeon
Title Sub
이현수 장편소설
English Title (Printed)
-
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Author
Lee HyunSu
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2005
Publisher
문학동네
ISBN
8954600417
Main Characters
Old woman, Buyong (a gisaeng), man
Subject/Theme
Story about old gisaengs, desolate life, love

About the Author

  • Lee HyunSu
  • Birth : 1959 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : HyunSu
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이현수
  • ISNI : 0000000073023562
  • Works : 5
Plot

In Buyonggak, elderly gisaengs (courtesans), an old kitchen maid kitchen who takes care of them, and a man who does all the hard work (although no one knows how he came to live there) live together. They spend their later years sharing their sorrows and loneliness in Buyonggak, which had once thrived but now has no trace of its prosperity.

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

This is a novel by Lee HyunSu, published in 2005. It consists of seven chapters about the stories of old gisaengs who live in Buyonggak, starting with “Shin Gisaengdyeon – Bueok eomeom pyeon (New Tales of Gisaengs – Kitchen Mother)” which was published in Dongseo munhak in the summer of 2003. It is the original novel on which the TV drama New Tales of Gisaeng is based on.

2005년에 출간된 이현수의 장편소설이다. 2003년 여름<동서문학>에 발표한 <신기생뎐-부엌어멈편>을 시작으로 '부용각'에 모여 있는 늙은 기생들의 이야기를 모두 7개의 장으로 구성한 소설이다. 드라마 <신기생뎐>의 원작소설이다.

Translated Books3

  • Russian(Русский) Book Available
    СКАЗАНИЕ О НОВЪIХ КИСЭН
    Lee HyunSu et al / ЛИ ХёН СУ / 2013 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • German(Deutsch) Book Available
    DIE LETZTE GISAENG
    Lee HyunSu et al / LEE HYUN SU / 2013 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • French(Français) Book Available
    Au Lotus d'Or
    Lee HyunSu et al / LEE Hyeon-su / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
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