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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

탁류

탁류
Original Title
탁류
Title Romanization
Tangnyu
English Title(Printed)
Turbid Rivers
Classification

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

Author
Ch`ae Man-Sik
Co-Author
-
Published Year
1970
Publisher
-
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Officer Jeong, Cho-bong, Pak Je-ho, Go Tae-su, Jang Hyeong-bo, Song-hui
Subject/Theme
Image of Korean society in the 1930s, women’s hardships, rice speculation
Writer default image
  • Ch`ae Man-Sik
  • Birth : 1902 ~ 1950
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Man-Sik
  • Family Name : Chae
  • Korean Name : 채만식
  • ISNI : 0000000108825128
  • Works : 30
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Plot

When her father squanders all the family fortune by rice speculation, Cho-bong marries Go Tae-su, a womanzing banker. Jang Hyeong-bo kills Go Tae-su and rapes Cho-bong. After leaving her hometown, Cho-bong becomes Pak Je-ho’s concubine. After some time, Cho-bong gives birth to a girl (Song-hui). Jang Hyeong-bo finds Cho-bong and harasses her, saying that Song-hui is his daughter. Unable to hold in her anger, Cho-bong kills Hyeong-bo with a millstone and turns herself in.

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

This is a novel, serialized in The Chosun Ilbo from October 1937 to May 1938. Through the narrative of a woman’s hardships, it provides a detailed description of the Japanese exploitation of colonial Korea, Korean customs and view of love at this time.

1937년 10월부터 1938년 5월에 걸쳐 <조선일보>에 연재된 장편소설이다. 이 작품은 여성수난의 서사를 통해 식민지 수탈 상황과 풍속, 연애관 등을 정밀하게 묘사하고 있다.

Translated Books3

  • 濁流
    Japanese(日本語) Book
    濁流
    Ch`ae Man-Sik et al / 蔡萬植 / 1999 / -
  • 浊流
    Chinese(简体) Book
    浊流
    Ch`ae Man-Sik et al / 蔡万植 / 2011 / -
  • Turbid Rivers
    English(English) Book
    Turbid Rivers
    Ch`ae Man-Sik et al / Chae Man-Sik / 2016 / -
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