Author: Suk-je SUNG
Publisher: Munhakdongne
309 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
"What a story-teller! Expect never-ending lively conversations and
descriptions!"
Ichido begins his career as a thief by stealing money from the local
comic book store. After a while of petty thievery, he meets an older
thief named Wang Hak, who impresses Ichido. He decides to learn from
Wang Hak. One day while at Wang Haks house, he meets Wang Haks
daughter, a young woman named Wang Doo-ryeon. Ichido falls in love with
her. Doo-ryeon has other plans, however, to run away to the city and
becomes a prostitute. Ichido follows her to the city, but eventually
returns to his island home after being away for seven years.
About the Author
Born in 1960 in Sangju of Kyungbook Province. He made his literary
debut as a novelist in 1995 when his first short story "The Last 4.5
Seconds of My Life" was published in quarterly Munhakdongne. He has won
numerous prominent awards of Korea including the Hankook Ilbo Literature
Prize, Dongseo Literary Award, the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, The
Dong-in Literature Prize, the Contemporary Literature Prize and Oh
Young-soo Literary Award. His works include There Live Morons, Enjoyable
Life, The Last 4.5 Seconds of My Life, Jo Dong-gwan, I Saw a Tiger,
Possessed, Thus Said Hwang Man-geun, Shining Ecstatic Moment, My Mon
Used to Sing This Song, Finding the King, Beautiful days, Human
Strength, In the middle of merry dancing, Picnic, etc.
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