Between Heaven and Earth
The Portable Library of Korean Literature 12
by Daenyeong Yun
Original title: Chonjigan
size: 18.8x12cm; 79 pages. publisher: Jimoondang, 2002.
About this book
Between Heaven and Earth, the winner of the Yi-Sang Literature Prize in 1996, is about a man, who, on his way to pay a visit of condolence, comes across a woman whose face is covered with the cold shadow of death. His memory of his own life having been saved by the sacrifice of his friend’s precious life when he was nine, makes him suddenly change his destination and follow the woman to Wando on a snowy evening. Hi has a brief affair with the woman, who actually lured him to follow her in order to erase her previous life with a man who desert her and left her pregnant. This moving story of a contingent relationship is permeated with the color of milky white, symbolizing life, and that color reigns over the black color of death.
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by Daenyeong Yun
Original title: Chonjigan
size: 18.8x12cm; 79 pages. publisher: Jimoondang, 2002.
About this book
Between Heaven and Earth, the winner of the Yi-Sang Literature Prize in 1996, is about a man, who, on his way to pay a visit of condolence, comes across a woman whose face is covered with the cold shadow of death. His memory of his own life having been saved by the sacrifice of his friend’s precious life when he was nine, makes him suddenly change his destination and follow the woman to Wando on a snowy evening. Hi has a brief affair with the woman, who actually lured him to follow her in order to erase her previous life with a man who desert her and left her pregnant. This moving story of a contingent relationship is permeated with the color of milky white, symbolizing life, and that color reigns over the black color of death.
Availability: Usually ships in 5~10 business days.
