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Childhood Garden

Childhood Garden scrap

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  • ISBN

    9788932030616

  • Author

    Oh Junghee오정희

  • Publisher

    Moonji Publishing co., Ltd.문학과지성사

  • Year Published

    2017-09

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

In Oh Jung-hee's second short story collection, "The Courtyard of Youth" (first edition 1981), a total of eight stories are included, including "The Courtyard of Youth," "Chinatown," and "The Game of Evening," which won the 3rd Yi Sang Literary Award.

Following the perspective of a girl living through the chaotic and desolate period after the Korean War, the collection observes her family and the adults around her. Through the portrayal of the child, the precarious social conditions, where individual ethics and group survival intertwine, are revealed.

In the novel "Chinatown," which concludes with the artificial "menarche," the story simultaneously unfolds the animalistic life represented by the mother figure and the new image of womanhood represented by Yang Gong-ju, who symbolizes future hope and embodies a new vision of femininity. The narrative portrays the inner world of a young girl transitioning into adulthood and the societal issues surrounding her.

Oh Jung-hee sets women as the narrators or protagonists and arranges the stories in chronological order by age. This structural approach evokes the experience of reading a single continuous narrative. While there may not be clear connections between the stories, the author's perspective on women's lives is prominently displayed by faithfully depicting the lives and psyches of Korean women.

Author Bio 작가 소개

“In the heat that never cooled even with the arrival of night, I wedged myself, skirt pulled up, among kids my sister’s age like a rat, and breathed in the inscrutable warmth seething insidiously through the night streets and the sickly-sweet air filled with dense passions.” (Yunyeonui Tteul [The Garden of My Childhood], Moonji Publishing co., Ltd., 1981) Oh Jung Hee is a writer who portrays anxiety, fear, and the abyss of the human psyche through the lens of a woman.

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