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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

기아와 살육

기아와 살육
Original Title
기아와 살육
Title Romanization
Giawa saryuk
English Title(Printed)
Hunger and Slaughter
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945

Author
Choi Seohae
Co-Author
-
Published Year
1925
Publisher
-
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Kyeongsu, wife, Doctor Choi, Administrator Park
Subject/Theme
Poverty, despair
Writer default image
  • Choi Seohae
  • Birth : 1901 ~ 1932
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Seohae
  • Family Name : Choi
  • Korean Name : 최서해
  • ISNI : 0000000109158160
  • Works : 21
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Plot

The first-person narrator heads to the pharmacy to get medicine for his sick wife, but he is rejected because he has no money. When he returns home, he finds out that his mother—who went to beg a Chinese family for rice—was bitten by the Chinese family’s dog and seriously injured. The protagonist becomes heartbroken and dizzy.

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

This is a short story published in the Dong-a Ilbo on January 28, 1924. It depicts the despair of people living in poverty in a concise and straightforward writing style.

1924년 1월 28일 <동아일보>에 발표된 단편소설이다. 이 작품은 빈궁과 가난 속에서 살아가는 사람들의 절망적인 모습을 간결하고도 직선적인 문체로 묘사했다고 평가된다.

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