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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

죽은 왕녀를 위한 파반느

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죽은 왕녀를 위한 파반느
Original Title
죽은 왕녀를 위한 파반느
Title Romanization
Jugeun Wangnyeoreul Wihan Pabanneu
Title Sub
박민규 장편소설
English Title(Printed)
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Classification

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

Author
Park Min-gyu
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2009
Publisher
위즈덤하우스
ISBN
9788959133918
Main Characters
Unnamed male narrator, unnamed female character, Yohan
Subject/Theme
Beauty-fetish; love

About the Author

Park Min-gyu
  • Park Min-gyu
  • Birth : 1968 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Min-gyu
  • Family Name : Park
  • Korean Name : 박민규
  • ISNI : 0000000044221463
  • Works : 41
Plot

The narrator recalls a young woman he met at the age of twenty while listening to ‘Pavane for a Dead Princess’. They fall in love, bonding over a shared traumatic past, but eventually she leaves him, unable to overcome her insecurities over her appearance. After a decades-long long search, he heads to Germany when he learns that she is living there.

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

Pavane for a Dead Princess is a novel by Park Min-gyu that was published in 2009. Park has received critical acclaim for his experimental and unconventional approach. Unlike his previous novels, which employ kitschy humor and a subversive worldview, Pavane for a Dead Princess explores the wounded inner lives of its characters, who are affected by the beauty-fetish that runs rampant in Seoul during the 1980s.

2009년에 출간된 박민규의 장편소설이다. 박민규는 새로운 상상력과 실험정신으로 주목받아 왔다. '외모 이데올로기'에 희생당하는 여성에 관심을 두는 이 소설은 전복적 세계관, 키치적 유머가 돋보이던 그의 기존 소설과 달리 인간의 상처받은 내면에 대한 세심한 배려에까지 나아갔다고 평가받는다.

Translated Books5 See More

  • Pavane pour une infante défunte
    French(Français) Book Available
    Pavane pour une infante défunte
    Park Min-gyu et al / PARK Min-kyu / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • 逝去公主的孔雀舞
    Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    逝去公主的孔雀舞
    Park Min-gyu et al / 朴玟奎 / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • Pavane for a Dead Princess
    English(English) Book Available
    Pavane for a Dead Princess
    Park Min-gyu / Park Min-gyu / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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