병풍에 그린 닭이
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 병풍에 그린 닭이
- Title Romanization
- Byeongpunge geurin dalgi
- English Title(Printed)
- Like a Chicken on a Folding Screen
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945
- Author
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- Co-Author
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- Published Year
- 1939
- Publisher
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- ISBN
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- Main Characters
- Park-sshi
- Subject/Theme
- Fateful woes of Korean women
Park-sshi is abused by her mother-in-law for being unable to bear children, while her husband despises her and gets a second wife. Park-sshi sells her silver hairpin to pay for a shamanic right to wish for a child, but she is beaten and kicked out of her home by her mother-in-law and her husband. Although she is a long way from home, she walks 20 li during the night to return home, saying that regardless of whether she lives or dies she has to be at home.
E-Books & Audiobooks1
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English(English) E-BooksLike a Chicken on a Folding Screen