無人知曉的藝術家之淚與宰桐義大利麵: 《大都市的愛情法》話題影集原著、引領韓國文學未來的話題作家朴相映出道文壇代表作 (潮浪小說館)

by Sang Young Park, 朴相映, 胡椒筒 (Translator)

在真實與虛偽之間，在清醒與迷醉之間，
在成功或失敗之間，在愛或不愛之間——
我們究竟能走多遠？

《大都市的愛情法》X《在熙的男，朋友》暢銷原著
話題作家朴相映出道奠定文壇地位代表作

青年作家獎首獎、許筠文學作家獎、申東燁文學獎得主
連續三年獲選 #引領韓國文學未來的年輕作家

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搞砸人際關係的時候，我可以把責任推卸給對方，然後一走了之，
但我無法擺脫自己。沒有比這更令人絕望的事。
——〈釜山國際電影節〉
——❊——❊——❊——

★韓國YES24網路書店年度選書★收錄文學村新人獎獲獎成名作〈尋找芭黎絲．希爾頓〉

#文藝青年 #青年作家 #我們這個時代的小說 #年度圖書 #引領韓國文學未來的年輕作家 #愛的類型 #不尋常的愛 #愛的意義 #酷兒 #作家第一本小說

我們的確連世界上的渺小一點也不如。不要說成為一個點了，我們根本一無是處。不要說參加坎城電影節了，我連一部像樣的酷兒電影都沒拍出來。我們未能理直氣壯地愛一場，甚至沒有忠於自己的感情。我們完蛋了。我們一事無成。我們無所作為，也不可能有所作為。我們當初就什麼都不是，現在也是如此，永遠都只會是這樣。——〈無人知曉的藝術家之淚與宰桐義大利麵〉

近年

Genres: Fiction, Queer

207 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 7, 2018

About the author

Sang Young Park was born in 1988 and studied French at Sungkyunkwan University. He worked as a magazine editor, copywriter, and consultant before debuting as a novelist. The title story of his bestselling short story collection, The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta, was one of Words Without Borders’ most read pieces ever. He is the author of Booker International-longlisted Love in the Big City (translated by Anton Hur). He lives in Seoul.

Reviews

[Mika Suh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my type of novels, but it shows new trends of Korean novels. Gay storys have never been mainstreams in Korea, but many now consider this author's novels represent current 90s born generation's culture. Interesting.

[Hoong · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a serialized web fiction entitled 'Tears Unknow, Artist Zaytum Pasta' in English. It was much shorter than Park's later work, 'Love in the Big City,' but bore the same treatment. It's a story of two college grads who met while deployed to Iraq and later returned back home to Korea. Neither of them was successful in their careers and was living a lower-middle-class life of drinking to the point of drunkenness and lack of self-restraint. It must have been geared at educated and mature gay readers to understand the follies of these anti-heroes. Likely, BL fans who represented straight female teens and women will never find this entertaining. However, it is instructional for educated and mature gay readers to reflect on the fictional and disastrous scenarios in this novella. Compared to 'Love in the Big City,' I find this better narrated as the novel is too long and tedious to read without many stops.
I hope to read another author Park's novella or novel soon as he writes gay-themed fiction, not BL fiction.

[Sunny · Rating 3 out of 5]

A new addition to the Korean language material in my regional library.
A collection of short stories- the one with same book title was most notable.

[Lonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

진짜 재밌다. 근데 그 '유머'가 자학적이고 자멸적이라 진짜 슬프다. 다 읽고 나서 느낀 점은, 사람은 사람이라는 거. 우리 사실 다 똑같은 사람들이라는 거. 도토리 키재기 하면서 교만하고 정죄하고 판단하고 혐오하는 거 좀 그만 했으면 좋겠다.