아버지 감시
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 아버지 감시
- Title Romanization
- Abeoji Gamsi
- English Title
- Father under Surveillance
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
- Author
- Choe Yun
- Co-Author
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- Published Year
- 1990
- Publisher
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- ISBN
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- Main Characters
- The narrator, his father
- Subject/Theme
- Divided country; ideological conflict; the fall of communism; father
The main character works at a botany lab in France and lives with his mother. She has told him that she doesn’t know his father’s whereabouts since he left for North Korea, but one day, the main character receives a letter from his father. It takes time for him to invite him to France, and his mother passes away. His father finally arrives in France, and they live together. The main character is not able to understand his father, who remarried and had a family in North Korea. All he can do is watch his father’s every action as he tries to get to know his own father for the first time.
Translated Books2
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Spanish(Español) Book AvailableÉL VIGILA A SU PADRE
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French(Français) Book AvailableIl surveille son père