냉동어
- Original Title
- 냉동어
- Title Romanization
- Naengdongeo
- English Title(Printed)
- Frozen Fish
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945
- Author
- Ch`ae Man-Sik
- Co-Author
- -
- Published Year
- 1940
- Publisher
- -
- ISBN
- -
- Main Characters
- Moon Dae-yeong, Sumiko
- Subject/Theme
- Intellectuals in the colonial period
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Check AvailabilityThe main character, Moon Dae-yeong, a journalist and novelist, meets Sumiko, a Japanese woman, and becomes intimate with her. Sumiko proposes to Dae-yeong to abandon his wife and daughter and leave for Japan with her, but Dae-yeong is unable to make a decision. Afterward, he receives a letter from Sumiko, saying that she is leaving for China in search of a new life, and Dae-yeong realizes that he does not have the passion for a new start despite his frustration with reality.