Jeong Ji A / 정지아 / 2020 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Short Story

The protagonist of “Black Room” is a ninety-nine-year-old old woman who enters Jirisan Mountain with her husband and fights in the southern army, losing her family and friends and living in prison. Even after leaving prison, the old woman’s life was not so green, but she lives by considering her 42-year-old daughter as the “present” and the “lantern” she should protect. The old woman, who has lived for ninety-nine years, realizes that the last moment of her life is near and enters the recollection of reflecting on her life is reflected on her life. Source : https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-black-room/