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비명을 찾아서

About the Original Works

비명을 찾아서
Original Title
비명을 찾아서
Title Romanization
Bimyeongeul chajaseo
English Title (Printed)
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Classification

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

Author
Bok Geo-il
Co-Author
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Published Year
1998
Publisher
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ISBN
8932009783
Main Characters
Kinoshida Hideyo, Chief Buddhist priest Sogo, Major Aoki
Subject/Theme
Alternate history fiction, Ahn Jung-geun, Ito Hirobumi

About the Author

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  • Bok Geo-il
  • Birth : 1946 ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Geo-il
  • Family Name : Bok
  • Korean Name : 복거일
  • ISNI : 0000000048792861
  • Works : 5
Plot

Kinoshida Hideyo, the manager of a light metals company and an undistinguished poet, considers it unfair that he is being discriminated against because he is Korean. When he visits his uncle's house in Cheongju, he happens to look at the genealogical record of the “Juksan Park clan” and learn about the language and history of Joseon. Coming to the realization that the official history he has learned is false, he begins to look for the history of Joseon. He meets Sogong, the chief priest of Seogwangsa Temple, who remembers the Korean language, and learns about Han Yong-un's Nimui chimmuk (Love’s Silence). Afterward, he realizes the inevitable reason for Joseon's independence and sets off in search of the Provisional Government of Korea in Shanghai, where the legacy of the Joseon Dynasty is maintained albeit only in name.

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

1987년에 출간된 복거일의 장편소설이다. 독립운동가 안중근에 의한 이토 히로부미의 암살이 실패했다고 가정을 하고 '황국 신민'이 된 1980년대 한국의 모습을 그렸다. 가상으로 만들어진 대체역사물임에도 불구하고 사실적이고 섬세하며, 소설적 재미를 갖추고 있다고 평가받는다.

This is a novel by Bok Geo-il, published in 1987. In this book, Ahn Jung-geun’s assassination of Ito Hirobumi failed, and Korea is still under the Japanese imperial rule even until the 1980s, when the events in the novel take place. Although it is an alternate history fiction, this novel is considered realistic and delicate with fictional amusement.

Translated Books1

  • 京城・昭和六十二年
    Japanese(日本語) Book Available
    京城・昭和六十二年
    Bok Geo-il et al / 卜鉅一 / 1987 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century