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Armbands scrap

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  • ISBN

    9788972754978

  • Author

    Yun Heunggil윤흥길

  • Publisher

    LTI Korea한국문학번역원

  • Year Published

    2011

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Updated: 2025-12-19

  • Posted by LTI Korea on 2025-12-19
  • Updated by on 2026-01-20

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Description 작품 소개

"Armbands" is a satirical and humorous take on the nature of power and on those who pursue it for self-importance. Its prose exudes uncanny realism, rich with vernacular metaphor, which makes translation hugely challenging but immensely satisfying when it is done right. The translation will allow English-speaking readers access to the literature of a renowned Korean writer whose works are accepted as "classics" in modern Korean literature as they are introduced in textbooks and taught in schools.

Jongsool, a small-town thug, is hired as the manager of a private reservoir by a local businessman, who puts him in charge of collecting fees from anglers while keeping away poachers. The gig pays peanuts, but what hooks him is the armband he gets to wear on the job. (Armbands have a special meaning in Korean history as a symbol of illegitimate and abused power.)

For a low-life like Jongsool, wearing an armband on the job means being able to wield the kind of power he never had before. With the armband on his arm, Jongsool struts around the reservoir, lording it over anglers and not hesitating to mete out violence to people who challenge his authority.

But he finds one person impervious to the power of his armband, a barmaid he has a crush on. She tells him he's being a jerk by flashing his armband around and tries to talk reason into him. He finally comes around to admit the bar girl has been right about him and takes off with her after throwing his armband away in the reservoir.

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윤흥길

Yun Heunggil윤흥길

Yun Heunggil is a novelist and professor of creative writing at Hanseo University. His representative works include The Rainy Spell, Armband, and The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes. He is the recipient of numerous awards (the Korean Literature Writers Award, the Korea Creative Literature Award, the Hyundae Literary Award, the 21st Century Literature Award, and the Daesan Literary Award), and his works have appeared in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, and other languages.

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