Bye, Elena
Author: In-suk Kim
Publisher: Changbi
238 pages
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About This Book
The present volume is the latest collection of short stories by Kim In-suk,
who, since her literary debut at twenty in 1983 with the selection of
her work in the annual spring literary contest sponsored by a daily
newspaper, has firmly established herself in South Korean letters
through diverse her works and expanding themes including: the agony and
vicissitudes of those who spent their 20’s during the politically
turbulent 1980’s; epilogue literature, which represents the 1990’s;
women’s problems surrounding marriage and family problems; and
introspections on life and existence. Gathering tales that were
critically acclaimed upon their initial announcement, this collection is
noteworthy for the author’s perspective, which embraces with even more
profound compassion and reflection the deformed lives led by beings with
unvoiced pain and wounds on their souls and bodies. In this respect, the
assessment that the "transcendental dream depicted by Kim In-suk’s
fiction lies between loss drenched with blood and quiet affirmation that
seeks to overcome the former" (Bak Beomsin) is not simply a rhetoric but
a valid and appropriate one that ties together the aesthetics and
thematic of her works.
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