2016[11] 외국문학지: 한국문학특집호

2016[11] Oegungmunhakji: hangungmunhakteukjipo

Kwon Yeongmin et al / 권영민 et al / - / KDC구분 > literature > Periodical

Kim Yeonsu: Falscher Herzen Rat

Kim Yeonsu: Falscher Herzen Rat

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / - / -

금속공예

Geumsokgongye

Choi Eung-chon et al / 최응천 et al / 2004 / KDC구분 > Arts

모두에게 복된 새해 - 레이먼드 카버에게

modoegobokdoinsehae - Reimeondeu kabeoege

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / - / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

This is a short story from Kim Yeonsu’s short story collection Segyeui kkeut yeojachingu (Girlfriend at the End of the World), published in 2009. Through the process of communication between people who are not fluent in Korean or English, this story voices the dangers of one-way communication and its meaning.

밤은 노래한다

Bameun noraehanda

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

This is a historical novel by Kim Yeonsu, published in 2008. It reconstructs the “Minsaengdan Incident” (an incident in which Koreans were massacre) set in North Gando in the early 1930s. This is the author's third historical novel that, based on a vast amount of data, reconstructs and restores the stories of individuals who are not officially recorded in history.

사랑이라니, 선영아

Sarangirani, seonyeonga

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / 2003 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

This is a novel by Kim Yeonsu, published in 2003. Kim Yeonsu uses his unique perspective to write about love, a long-standing topic in the human history. Based on the intertwined relationship between the main characters, this novel depicts a narrative about love “that is both present and non-existent,” which is worthy of being called an ontology of love, with a serious but light sense of style.

사월의 미, 칠월의 솔

Saworui mi, chirworui sol

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / 2013 / -

2013년에 출간된 김연수의 소설집이다. 작가는 소설집에 수록된 11편의 작품에서 작가의 개입없이 작중화자들이 직접 자신들의 이야기를 하도록 설정했다. 엄마, 이모, 누나 등은 그 누구의 목소리도 빌리지 않고 직접 각자의 이야기를 한다. 작중인물들의 직접 발화는 잔인하고 혹독한 현실에서 자신의 이야기에 몰두하는 것만으로 세계가 아름다워질 수 있다는 것을 보여준다.

서울, 포르토프랭스: 바이링귀얼 리뷰

Seoul, Poreutopeuraengseu: Bairinggwieol Ribyu

Hwang Jungeun et al / 황정은 et al / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Reportage > Misc.

세계의 끝 여자친구

Segyeui Kkeut Yeojachingu

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / 2009 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Short Story

2009년에 출간된 김연수의 소설집이다. 2005년 봄부터 2009년 여름까지 발표한 단편들을 묶어서 출간한 것이다. 표제작을 비롯하여 , , 등 모두 9편의 작품이 수록되어 있다. 작가는 미세하게 무너지고 균열을 일으키는 인간의 일상과 세계에 주목하고 그 세계 속에 존재하는 사람들의 이야기를 담아내고 있다.

원더보이

Wondeoboi

Kim Yeonsu / 김연수 / 2012 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

This novel by Kim Yeonsu was published in 2012. The beginning part of the story was first serialized in the literary magazine Put in 2008, and the writer published the final work with an ending under a single title in 2012. The main character gains the supernatural ability to read people’s minds, and the story follows the changes that happen to him. The writer points out that when life throws one a curve ball, what one should do is to seek the truth and discern it from lies.