What do you think?
Rate this book
등대
1993년에 출판된 <등대 아래서 휘파람>(한양출판)을 다듬었다. 분단과 빈민이라는 소재를 생동감있게 구성한 성장소설이다. 주인공 철이가 소년기에서 청년기에 이르기까지의 과정, 아버지와의 화해를 그리고 있다.
"내 소년기의 황량하고 앙상한 추억의 뼈대 위에 소설의 살을 짜 붙이고 잿빛 회한의 옷을 기워 입혔다. 그럼에도 거기엔 어쩔 수 없는 자기 연민이랄까 자기 위안의 무의식이 잠복해 있음을 굳이 부인하지 않겠다" 고 서문에 적었다. 일상에서 벌어지는 사소한 사건들을 통해 가난한 삶의 애환과 상처를 어루만졌다.
딴살림을 차린 아버지에 대한 원망, 은매 누나 죽음에 대한 죄의식, "맹물에 사카린만 타 넣은 멀건 국물에 맨 국수를 헹궈 먹는" 지독한 가난 등이 36개의 에피소드에 담겼다. 상처와 아픔 속에서도 희망을 잃지 않아야 한다고 작가는 위로한다.
"내 소년기의 황량하고 앙상한 추억의 뼈대 위에 소설의 살을 짜 붙이고 잿빛 회한의 옷을 기워 입혔다. 그럼에도 거기엔 어쩔 수 없는 자기 연민이랄까 자기 위안의 무의식이 잠복해 있음을 굳이 부인하지 않겠다" 고 서문에 적었다. 일상에서 벌어지는 사소한 사건들을 통해 가난한 삶의 애환과 상처를 어루만졌다.
딴살림을 차린 아버지에 대한 원망, 은매 누나 죽음에 대한 죄의식, "맹물에 사카린만 타 넣은 멀건 국물에 맨 국수를 헹궈 먹는" 지독한 가난 등이 36개의 에피소드에 담겼다. 상처와 아픔 속에서도 희망을 잃지 않아야 한다고 작가는 위로한다.
326 pages, Paperback
Published May 18, 2002
2 people want to read
About the author
Lim Chulwoo
11 books7 followersLim Chul-Woo (Hangul: 임철우) is a South Korean writer born in 1954, known for his subversive works.
Im Chul-woo was born October 15, 1954, on Wando Island in Jeollanam-do. He moved to Gwangju at age 10 and attended Sung-il High School there. He graduated from Jeonnam University with a degree in English Literature and completed graduate programs in English Literature at both Sogang University and Jeonnam University. Presently, he teaches Creative Writing at Hanshin University. Im was in Gwangju during the Gwangju Uprising and this critically influenced his outlook. His work has centered around dramatizations of that event and works which more generally focus on issues of Korean separation.
His debut was The Dog Thief in 1981[.] In 1985 he was awarded the 17th Korean Creative Writing Prize for The Land of My Father (Abeoji ui ttang) and in 1988 was awarded the 12th Yi Sang Literature Prize for The Red Room (Bulgeun bang), which has since been published in an anthology of the same name.
In 1994 Im’s novel, I Want to Go to the Island was made into a Korean movie, To the Starry Island.
(from Wikipedia)
Im Chul-woo was born October 15, 1954, on Wando Island in Jeollanam-do. He moved to Gwangju at age 10 and attended Sung-il High School there. He graduated from Jeonnam University with a degree in English Literature and completed graduate programs in English Literature at both Sogang University and Jeonnam University. Presently, he teaches Creative Writing at Hanshin University. Im was in Gwangju during the Gwangju Uprising and this critically influenced his outlook. His work has centered around dramatizations of that event and works which more generally focus on issues of Korean separation.
His debut was The Dog Thief in 1981[.] In 1985 he was awarded the 17th Korean Creative Writing Prize for The Land of My Father (Abeoji ui ttang) and in 1988 was awarded the 12th Yi Sang Literature Prize for The Red Room (Bulgeun bang), which has since been published in an anthology of the same name.
In 1994 Im’s novel, I Want to Go to the Island was made into a Korean movie, To the Starry Island.
(from Wikipedia)
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
March 28, 2024
- XXè siècle
- Corée du Sud
- l'enfance, la misère, l'absence
Personnages : Cheol, sa mère qui se tue à la tâche, ses sœurs Bun et Mae (handicapée), un père qui les a abandonnés
"Vivre, c'est marcher seul dans une nuit d'encre. Dans l'obscurité, ni la destination, ni le chemin emprunté ne sont visibles. [...] N'oublie surtout pas ! Les rêveurs trouvent leur chemin dans l'obscurité. À toi de découvrir ton rêve." (père de Cheol au crépuscule de sa vie)
- Corée du Sud
- l'enfance, la misère, l'absence
Personnages : Cheol, sa mère qui se tue à la tâche, ses sœurs Bun et Mae (handicapée), un père qui les a abandonnés
"Vivre, c'est marcher seul dans une nuit d'encre. Dans l'obscurité, ni la destination, ni le chemin emprunté ne sont visibles. [...] N'oublie surtout pas ! Les rêveurs trouvent leur chemin dans l'obscurité. À toi de découvrir ton rêve." (père de Cheol au crépuscule de sa vie)
Displaying 1 of 1 review