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Happy Together

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Happy Together
Author
Seo Jang-won
Co-Author
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Translator
Paige Aniyah Morris
Publisher
ASIA
Published Year
2021
Country
SOUTH KOREA
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Others

Original Title
해피 투게더
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Haepi tugedeo
ISBN
9791156625339
Page
102
Volume
-

About the Author

Writer default image
  • Seo Jang-won
  • Birth : - ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Jang-won
  • Family Name : Seo
  • Korean Name : 서장원
  • ISNI : 0000000503152533
  • Works : 1
About the Original Work
해피 투게더
  • 해피 투게더
  • Author : Seo Jang-won
  • Published Year : 2021
  • English Title : Happy Together
More About the Original Work
Descriptions
  • English(English)

The twenty-ninth work of K-fiction. This is a short story by Seo Jang-won that has been drawing attention by steadily publishing good works since his debut as the Dong-A Ilbo New Year’s Literature in 2020. Like in the previous works that carefully captured the “shaken moments” of human relations, this work also elicits complex emotions without a very dramatic moment. The English translation was handled by the translator Paige Morris, who actively translates the works of young Korean writers such as Sehee Kim, Solmo Park, and Sangwoo Lee.

[Happy Together] deals with the relationship between ‘I’, ‘Haeju’ and ‘Minhyung’, who became close in college movie clubs. Among them, the day when “I”, who had undergone sex change surgery in Thailand, met Haeju for the first time after the surgery. After receiving news that Haeju will divorce her husband Minhyung and that she will undergo abortion surgery soon, “I” decides to stay at Haeju’s house for about a week to take care of Haeju.

The novel elaborately describes the relationship between ‘I’ and Haeju and the conditions of association. In the past, it seems that he is forming a stronger network than before by talking about the changes between Minhyung, who had always been in one place, but no longer exists, and the changes that ‘I’ and Haeju have gone through in the meantime.

Literary critic Oh Hye-jin says, “It is clear that the interest in this novel is not only in ‘friendship’ and ‘women’s solidarity’ through homogeneity.” “I” said that Hae-ju gave up her pregnancy, divorced Min-hyung and “is alone”, and “I hope to be able to share more things” with “I”. Haeju, who is “my only friend,” hoped that he would “become a little more minor” like “me.” “I”, who temporarily avoided her seat for Haeju and Minhyung, replies to Haeju’s phone, asking where she is, “I am not far from you.” This last sentence, which feels simple, evokes a lot of emotions and makes us look back at the whole novel.

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