거울 속 여행
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 거울 속 여행
- Title Romanization
- Geoul song yeohaeng
- Title Sub
- 김주영 장편소설
- English Title(Printed)
- A Trip Through the Mirror
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
- Author
- Kim Juyeong
- Co-Author
- -
- Published Year
- 2001
- Publisher
- 문이당
- ISBN
- 8974561611
- Main Characters
- The narrator, his brother, Jang Seokdo (aka Samson), Seolyeong, Choi Yeongsun, Nam Sunae, Okhwa
- Subject/Theme
- Post-war landscape of a rural village; poverty; ideological conflict; coming-of-age
The narrator, Hyeongseok, and his brother, Hyeongho, are two young boys who spend a great deal of time waiting for their mother to return home from work at a nearby mill. The village’s residents include a farm worker nicknamed “Samson,” and a barber whose shop is lined with fascinating mirrors. The boys find everything mysterious. One day, a female teacher at school hands Hyeongseok a note and asks him to give it to the barber. The note goes missing on Hyeongseok’s way home, however, and the barber is arrested the next day for allegedly being a Communist. Inside the barbershop hangs a watercolor painting that Hyeongseok wants for himself, so he picks the lock and steals the painting. When it is discovered that the shop has been broken into, Samson is taken to the police station as a suspect. The boys’ mother also spends the day there. After this incident, Samson leaves the village.
E-Books & Audiobooks1
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English(English) E-BooksA Trip Through the Mirror