Write with pencil

by Kim Hoon

Write with pencilb "The pencil is my shovel.The eraser is my hesitation"The novel is a novel, Published. Still a few remaining writers of our time, writing a manuscript on a manuscript paper, Kim Hoon. So far, the writer Kim Hoon has written all of the writings of Yi SunShins sword and Ureuk gayageum and the boredom of rice-making with a pencil in his manuscript. Now he comes back with a new prose that opens the door to the story of his own weapon, instrument, and pencil, an extension of his labor.The pencil is the tool of my self-harvesting.The letter is my soul.When I hold the pencil, I hope that the hammer of the boatman, the boatmans angerWhen the eraser powder builds up like a snow on my deskmy day is goneDo not write at nightNight at night.He is currently holding a pencil to write a new language on his chalkboard by writing the three letters must-new (must be new every day). After 3 and a half years after the prose "boiling ramen", the eraser powder was washed up on the broom, and numerous papers were piled up and thrown into the garbage bin. And now the plaintiffs are now a thick book of 468 pages and go out into the world. "Now the book of healers preaching spirituality in a mellow and silly sentence enjoys overwhelming sales" (p. 376) In the climate, Kim Hoon, who was once called by an interviewer, "a samurai with a pencil in his hand," came back.

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First published March 27, 2019

About the author

소설가 김훈
1948년 서울 출생. 오랫동안 신문기자 생활을 했으며, 소설가이자 자전거레이서다. 지은 책으로 에세이 '내가 읽은 책과 세상', '선택과 옹호', '문학기행1, 2'(공저)'풍경과 상처', '자전거 여행', 소설 '빗살무늬토기의 추억', '칼의 노래', '현의 노래', '강산무진' 등이 있다. 이상문학상, 동인문학상, 황순원문학상을 수상했다. 그는 삶의 양면적 진실에 대한 탐구, 삶의 긍정을 배면에 깐 탐미적 허무주의의 세계관, 남성성과 여성성이 혼재된 독특한 사유, 긴장과 열정 사이를 오가는 매혹적인 글쓰기로 모국어가 도달할 수 있는 산문 미학의 한 진경을 보여준다는 평을 받고 있다.

Reviews

[Sunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meet the author Kim hoon as a person. A collection of essays on various subjects- many going through from his childhood (interlaced with uneasy Korean history) to his current views (reflecting on living in Korea, now).

Thinking about his age (peer of my parents), i was thinking about my parents' lives. If they were more willing to share their stories, would their stories like his? I wish i had asked more questions about my parents` stories.

Almost came to tears while reading his piece on 4th anniversary of sewalho incident. Found thinking back his other novel 공터에서, when the author talked about his mom evacuate Seoul right before 1.4.


Second reading on June 21st 2022- as a remedy for a strange craving for written Korean
Almost like a new book