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Original Title
말을 찾아서
Title Romanization
Mareul Chajaseo
English Title(Printed)
Looking for a Horse : Volume 082
Classification

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

Author
Lee Soon-won
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2014
Publisher
-
ISBN
9791156620563
Main Characters
Lee Su-ho, uncle
Subject/Theme
Coming-of-age novel, father-son relationship, “Memilkkot pil muryeop”

About the Author

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  • Lee Soon-won
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Soon-won
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이순원
  • ISNI : 0000000115857136
  • Works : 8
Plot

The protagonist, Lee Su-ho, is commissioned to write an essay that helps to understand the short story “Memilkkot pil muryeop (When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom).” As he writes the essay, he reminisces about his childhood. As a child, Su-ho is adopted  by his uncle, who is unable to have children, but he doesn’t acknowledge his uncle as his father because he is embarrassed of his uncle for having a mule. Hurt by Su-ho's rejection, Su-ho’s uncle leaves home. Now as an adult, Su-ho seeks out his uncle, and as they walk through buckwheat fields together, he finally calls his uncle “father.”

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

This is a novel by Lee Soon-won, published in the first issue of Sangsang in the spring of 1996. It has a similar composition to Lee Hyoseok’s “Memilkkot pil muryeop (When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom),” which is used as a motif. The author uses the mule that the protagonist rejects as a metaphorical representation of the protagonist’s uncle, who falls short of an ideal father figure. This short story deals with the growth of a boy by forming ga relationship with a father figure.

1996년 봄 <상상> 1호에 실린 이순원의 장편소설이다. 이 작품은 이효석의 <메밀꽃 필 무렵>을 모티프로 하여 유사한 구성을 취하고 있다. 주인공이 거부하는 '노새'를 통해 이상적인 아버지상에 미치지 못 하는 당숙을 비유적으로 표현했다. 아들과 아버지의 관계 맺음을 통해 소년의 성장을 다루고 있다는 평가를 받는다.

Translated Books1

  • Looking for a Horse
    English(English) Book Available
    Looking for a Horse
    Lee Soon-won et al / Lee Sun-won / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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