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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

진술

About the Original Works

진술
Original Title
진술
Title Romanization
Jinsul
Title Sub
하일지 소설
English Title(Printed)
Statement
Classification

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

Author
Haïlji
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2000
Publisher
문학과지성사
ISBN
8932011982
The Series
Poems of peace and love
Main Characters
The narrator, his wife
Subject/Theme
Death; reality and fantasy; the boundary between normal and abnormal

About the Author

Writer default image
  • Haïlji
  • Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : ïlji
  • Family Name : Ha
  • Korean Name : 하일지
  • ISNI : 0000000050895042
  • Works : 8
Plot

The narrator is tormented by the loss of his wife, a fact he cannot accept. He is later called to testify at the police station under suspicion of killing his brother-in-law. Confused by the death of his wife and the murder of his brother-in-law, he is unable to keep a clear mind, seemingly switching back and forth between fantasy and reality.

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

2000년에 출간된 하일지의 장편소설이다. 작품은 아내를 잃은 주인공이 그 죽음을 받아들이지 못하고 비정상적인 정신으로 자신을 둘러싼 살인사건에 대해서 독백하는 과정을 보여준다. 일종의 모노드라마 형식을 갖춘 작품으로 독자는 주인공의 진술을 따라가면서 정상과 비정상의 관계, 현실과 허상의 차이에 대해서 질문하게 된다.

Statement is a novel by Hailji that was published in 2000. It is told from the perspective of a mentally unstable narrator who, unable to accept the death of his wife, begins to soliloquize at length about her brother’s murder. A monodrama, the novel toys with the divide between normality and abnormality, reality and fantasy, and invites the reader to question the truth behind the narrator’s statements.

Translated Books2

  • La Confesión
    Spanish(Español) Book Available
    La Confesión
    Haïlji / Haïlji / 2011 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • Parodymai
    Lithuanian(Lietuvių kalba) Book Available
    Parodymai
    Haïlji / Haïlji / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
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