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최은영 소설집. 진심을 꾹꾹 눌러 담은 문장으로 "인간에 대한 이해가 깊은 소설을 쓰는 작가"(소설가 김연수), "재능 있는 작가의 탄생을 알리는 소설집"(소설가 김영하)이라는 평을 받은 강렬한 데뷔작 [쇼코의 미소] 출간 이후 2년 만에 두번째 소설집을 선보인다. 2016년 12월, 그해 나온 국내외 소설을 대상으로 소설가 50인이 뽑은 '올해의 소설'에 선정되는 등 문단과 독자 모두에게 뜨거운 지지를 받아온 [쇼코의 미소]는 10만 부 돌파라는 경이적인 기록을 세웠다. 신인 작가의 첫 소설집에 대한 대중의 관심은 지금도 여전히 현재진행형이다. 이러한 사실이 작가에게는 커다란 부담으로 작용하기도 했을 터. 한 인터뷰를 통해 "소설이 더 발전하는 건 헛된 기대라고 생각하지만 지금보다 노력은 더 많이 하고 싶어요. (…) 오래 쓰는 작가가 되고 싶어요"라고 밝힌 것처럼, 이 젊은 소설가는 2년 동안 한 계절도 쉬지 않고 꾸준히 소설을 발표하며 자신을 향한 기대와 우려 섞인 시선에 '소설'로써 응답했다. 그렇게 발표한 일곱 편의 중단편소설을 다시 처음부터 끝까지 꼼꼼히 매만지며 퇴고한 결과물이 [내게 무해한 사람]이다. 특정한 시기에 여러 번 듣게 된 노래에는 강력한 인력이 있어 그 노래를 다시 듣는 것만으로도 당시의 기억이 함께 이끌려 나온다. [내게 무해한 사람]에 실린 일곱 편의 작품은 재생 버튼을 누르는 순간 잊고 있던 어떤 풍경을 우리 앞에 선명히 비추는, 한 시기에 우리를 지배했던 그런 노래 같은 소설들이다.

328 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2018

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Choi Eunyoung

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Choi Eun-young ( 최은영) is a South Korean writer. She began her literary career in 2013, when her short story “Shokoui miso” (쇼코의 미소; Shoko's Smile) was selected for the quarterly literary magazine Writer's World's New Writer's Award. With the same work, she received the 5th Munhakdongne Young Writer's Award in 2014. She was awarded the 8th Heo Gyun Writer's Award in 2016, and was awarded the 8th Munhakdongne Young Writer's award in 2017.

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109 reviews49 followers
July 2, 2025
รวมเรื่องสั้นที่เล่าเรียบง่าย ธรรมดา แต่เต็มไปด้วยความเข้าอกเข้าใจ และทำให้เราหวนคิดถึงใครสักคนที่เคยสำคัญ แต่ก็หล่นหายไปตามกาลเวลา

ความทรงจำครั้งที่ร้าว รวมเรื่องสั้น 7 เรื่องที่เล่าผ่านตัวละครที่หวนคิดถึงความทรงจำในความสัมพันธ์ที่มีต่อคนสำคัญในอดีต ไม่ว่าจะเป็นคู่รักหญิง-หญิง พี่สาวน้องสาว คนแปลกหน้าในอินเทอร์เน็ตที่กลายมาเป็นส่วนหนึ่งที่สำคัญในช่วงหนึ่งของชีวิต

เรารู้สึกว่าเล่มนี้ไม่ใช่เรื่องสั้นที่อ่านเอาสนุก แต่ละเรื่องราวค่อนข้างสร้างความรู้สึกอึดอัด เหมือนฝนตกอยู่ใจตลอดที่ซึมซับความรู้สึกผ่านตัวละคร ถึงบอกว่าไม่สนุกแต่ตอนอ่านก็ทำเอาเรารู้สึกใจบาง อ่อนไหว เพราะรีเลทกับเรื่องราวบางเรื่องบ้าง (โดนเรื่องพี่น้องกับเพื่อนทางเน็ตเต็มๆ) เจอประโยคธรรมดาๆ แต่มันช่างจริงแสนจริงบ้าง แต่ที่สุดเลยคือผู้เขียนสามารถเล่าความรู้สึก มุมมองความคิดที่ซับซ้อนของแต่ละตัวละครในทุกๆ เรื่องให้คนอ่านอย่างเราเข้าถึง ทำให้ใจสั่นไหวไปกับสิ่งที่พวกเขาเผชิญ สิ่งที่ดีมากในทุกเรื่องอีกอย่างคือการพัฒนาการภายในของตัวละครก็ทำให้เราเห็นฝีมืออันเก่งกาจของผู้เขียน

แม้ทุกเรื่องจะเป็นการหวนคิดถึงคนและเรื่องราวในอดีต และคอยบอกกับเราว่าเวลาจะเป็นตัวช่วยเยียวยาและให้เราเข้าใจความเจ็บปวด ความสูญเสียที่เกิดขึ้น และแม้ว่าจะผ่านไปนานเท่าไรเราก็ไม่อาจลืมเรื่องราวเหล่านั้นได้ แต่เราเปลี่ยนบทสรุปแก่นในใจและทำความเข้าใจเรื่องในอดีตนั้นใหม่ได้ คือให้ความรู้สึกคล้ายๆ กันแบบนี้ทุกเรื่อง แต่ถึงอย่างนั้น ธีมในแต่ละเรื่องก็ไม่ซ้ำกันเลย ทำให้อ่านแล้วก็ไม่ได้รู้สึกว่าอ่านเรื่องเดิมๆ ซ้ำๆ แถมแต่ละเรื่องยังสอดแทรกปัญหาชายเป็นใหญ่ ปัญหาครอบครัวไปจนถึงสังคมเกาหลี ที่เน้นผ่านน้ำเสียงและมุมมองอันละเอียดอ่อนของผู้หญิง

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11 reviews2 followers
July 1, 2021
While I was reading, I felt a darkness and stillness, as if I was diving into the deepest ocean of my mind.

I don't like to be alone, lonely, and live differently from others. I used to be like that. I used to think that I was all alone in this big world. But I never said it out loud. There was no one to whom I could expose my weakness.

The closer you get to people, the more time you spend with them, the more likely you are to hurt each other. It takes some people many years to maintain the right distance from others. The friends from my school days that I still keep in touch with today have not been friends without a hitch. We have continued to mend our broken relationships, which is why we are here today. Without our love for each other, we would have drifted apart long ago.

Choi Eun-young is very good at portraying the subtleties of friendships that are just a step away from developing into romance, and brothers and sisters who are strangers but have a strong connection. Whether in Japan or Korea, what moves people, what they hate, regret, and love are the same. That's why books like "Watashi ni Mugai na Hito" (A Harmless Person for Me) can be read with empathy across our borders.

When she was a child, she thought that she would never become an adult who hurt people with insensitive words and caused them pain. She is a person who is very afraid that she might not become such an adult, or that she might hurt people with her writing.

“I want to be a harmless person."

I am sure that many Japanese people can relate to these words of the writer.
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910 reviews23 followers
January 4, 2019
"한 사람의 인간으로서 투명하게 알아낼 수 있는 세상의 일이 얼마나될까."

How much can a person understand another person?
When the person is under illusion that he/she has a special bond with another, the expectation of knowing each other always exceeds the reality. And how such mismatch leads to loneliness- the type of loneliness you feel among people.

A collection of short stories; the stories about human relationship, limits of communication, special bonds we experience from friends made in still impressionable age, being a woman in Korean society.
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12 reviews2 followers
October 4, 2018
인간이란 존재는 무척이나 복잡한 마음이 있다는 걸 항상 잘 알고 있었다.

하지만 이 도서를 읽은 뒤엔 그 복잡함을 생생하게 볼 수 있게 되면서 또한 인간의 마음은 내가 알던 것보다 얼마나 번다하고, 혼동하며 혼란시키는 건지 더욱 더 알게 되기도 한 것 같다.

첫 이야기부터 마지막 이야기까지 아주 다양한 쓴 맛과 단 맛이 가득한 관계들이 나를 어떤 사람 때문에 아픔을 받은 것보다 나는 살아오면서 어떤 사람을 아프게 했는지에 더 집중하고 반복하게 곱씹게 만들었다.

아프지만 아름다운 이 이야기들이 정말 오랫동안 내 가슴 속에 담겨 있을 것 같다.

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131 reviews41 followers
July 4, 2025
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5 reviews
December 1, 2025
“ฉันคิดถึงคำที่เธอพูดอยู่เสมอ คิดถึงลูกบอลที่กลิ้งไปช้าๆ คิดถึงความสม่ำเสมอนั้น น่าแปลกที่พอหลับตาลงแล้วคิดภาพก็อ้างว้างขึ้นมา เพราะลูกบอลที่กลิ้งหลุน ๆ ดูเหงายังไงไม่รู้

ถึงอย่างนั้นก็โชคดีที่พวกเราอาศัยอยู่ในโลกที่มีแรงโน้มถ่วงและแรงเสียดทาน เดินไปแล้วก็หยุดได้ หยุดแล้วก็เดินต่อได้อีก”
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840 reviews146 followers
August 28, 2019
조금더 깊게 친한 사람끼리의 개인적인 비밀 이야기를 공유하듯 속삭임과 부끄러움안에서 조금씩 후회를 털어내며 인생을 사는 여인들의 이야기들이었다. 여성이기에, 여성을 위한, 여성이니까의 단편들. 사랑은 삶의 이유가 될만큼 중요하지만 삶의 다양한 요소와 압박 속에 포기하게 되는 인생. 뭔가 행복한 여운이 부족하지만 포장을 열어 그만큼 달콤하면서 끝맛이 씁쓸한 캔디를 먹는 기분이었다. 오히려 현실적이어서 마음에 들었다. 특히나 마지막 이야기인 외국인의 입장에서 보는 어느 한국 간호사의 이민 이야기가 제일 인상 깊었는데 외국에 살고 있어서 더 감명깊게 읽었던것 같다. 주인공인 외국인의 캐릭터가 한국 서브 캐릭터에 비해 덜 개발된 캐릭터 같아 아쉬웠지만 끝 마무리까지 좋은 단편이었다. 이 책을 읽고 쇼코의 스마일도 읽고 싶다는 생각이 든다.
15 reviews3 followers
January 27, 2021
최은영의 소설에서 가장 많이 찾아볼 수 있는 것이 관계의 시작과 그 끝맺음이라고 생각된다.
이어지는 윤회에 나는 모든 만남에는 끝이 있다고 생각하게 되었다.
아무리 우정이 끈끈하다고 단언하여도, 그 사람을 잃지 않을 것이라 생각해도, 언젠가는 그 관계는 끝날 것이다.
사람들은 모른다. 자기 자신을 지키기 위해 남에게 해를 가하는 것을. 내가 조금이라도 덜 다칠려고 우리는 모두 누군가에게 해를 가했다.
이 책에서 나오는 일곱가지의 작품들 중 난 '아치디에서'가 가장 마음을 움직였던 것 같다.
우리는 누군가에게 상처를 받고, 또 그 상처를 남에게 되돌려주고, 이 반복 속에 사람의 됨됨이를 잊은 사람들의 짧지만 강렬한 사랑 같았다.
나도 무해한 사람이 되고 싶다. 하지만 남에게 해가 되지 않고서 이 세상을 살아가지는 못할 것이다.
남이 나한테도 상처주지 않고 나도 남한테 상처주지 않는 그런 유토피아에서 살아가고 싶다.
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735 reviews24 followers
September 8, 2023
Я понимаю, что для авторки это очень важные и главное выстраданные текста. Они показывают реальность жизни корейских девушек, где абьюз и физическое насилие - это не более, чем ступенька для взросления. И это очень-очень печально, но при этом сами рассказы не вызывали у меня никаких эмоций (помимо отвращения к персонажам). Возможно, дело в том, что они написаны от первого лица и от того постоянно кажется, что из истории в истории кочует одна и та же героиня, меняется лишь ситуация и немного её окружение. А может, всё куда проще - атмосфера написанного мрачная и в каждом слове сквозит безысходность, а ещё постоянно кажется, что один из персонажей в рассказе обязательно должен покинуть этот мир самостоятельно. Но нет (практически), они просто остаются за "кадром", ведь жизни героинь двигаются дальше и в них нет места грустной истории второго персонажа.

Мне не хватило законченности во всех рассказах и хотя бы одного адекватного персонажа. Но при этом некоторые цита��ы трогали настолько, что хотелось просто взять и разрыдаться.
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July 15, 2023
2023년 가족여행으로 하와이에 갔을 때 읽은 책.

사랑, 우정, 연민, 애틋함 등 인간이 다양한 관계 속에서 느낄 수 있는 수많은 감정의 스펙트럼을 여러가지 이야기와 인물들을 통해 풀어냈다는 점이 마음에 들었다. 레즈비언 커플의 연애의 시작과 끝, 그 사이 감정들을 그려낸 "그 여름", 인터넷에서 만난 비슷한 두 사람과 조금 다른 한 사람의 복잡미묘한 우정을 담은 "모래로 지은 집" 이 가장 기억에 남는다.

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"공무에 관해서라면 나는 언제나 애틋함을 느낀다.... 그애가 애써왔다는 걸 알아서인지도 모른다 애쓰고 애쓰고 또 애써온 시간이 그애의 얼굴에 그대로 남아 있어서 나도 그애를 대할 때는 불성실하고 싶지 않았다."

"나는 무정하고 차갑고 방어적인 방법으로 모래를 사랑했고, 운이 좋게도 내 모습 그대로 사랑받았다. 사랑만큼 불공평한 감정은 없는 것 같다고 나는 종종 생각한다. 아무리 둘이 서로를 사랑한다고 하더라도 언제나 더 사랑하는 사람과 덜 사랑하는 사람이 존재한다고."

"미주가 보기에 진희는 굉장히 예민한 사람이었는데 겉으로는 오히려 둔감해 보였다 자기 감정만큼이나 타인의 감정에도 예민해서 그런 것 같았다. '나 예민한 사람이니까 너희가 조심해야 돼"라는 식이 아니라, 네 마음이 편하다면 내가 불편해져도 상관없다는 식으로 자신의 예민함을 숨기려고 했다."

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330 reviews35 followers
January 12, 2023
時隔一年多再讀中文書就能讀到這麼對我胃口的短篇小說集真的好幸運。個人最喜歡的四篇是《告白》、《那個夏天》、《601,602》和《援手》,篇幅較長的兩篇我反而覺得還好而已。特別喜歡崔恩榮老師描述友情、愛情、親情時輕描淡寫的文風,每篇短篇中提到的細節也都很有畫面感,讓我有種每個字都有存在的必要的感覺。在我的理解中,每個故事的核心都在於drifting away,《那個夏天》是初戀、《601,602》是朋友兼鄰居、《逝去的夜晚》是姐妹、《用沙子蓋的家》是網友變現生好友、《告白》是閨蜜、《援手》是親戚、《在阿奇地》是逐漸變得陌生的自己。每段相遇都很珍貴,所以即使分離了也依然幻想著下一次重逢。或許分離的時候其實偷偷松了一口氣,或許嘴上說著期待重逢的時候並非真情實意,或許真正能重逢的時候反而會失落和不知所措,但曾經有那麼一刻的確是不想分離的吧。分離不一定是痛斥心扉,它也能是在你不註意的時候悄悄挖掉原本屬於你的一塊血肉。當你回過神來,傷口已經結痂,而你需要用盡余生去思考自己為什麼覺得空落落的,也得拼命提醒自己傷口底下曾經有那麼一個對你很重要的東西。
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26 reviews
January 29, 2022
reading this felt like eternity… can’t believe it was 5 days? truly… what the hell. i kinda forgot my favs bc there were like 7 short stories in here but i liked ‘601, 602,’ ‘모래로 지은 집’ and ‘지나가는 밤’ !! meanwhile 고백 made me mad but it was an eye opener. lots of good lessons in here and i love how she breathes life into every character no matter how short the stories are … gonna order 쇼코의 미소 💛
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127 reviews
October 13, 2025
整本书都弥漫着一种湿漉漉的情绪…崔恩荣太会写女性之间那种细腻而复杂的情谊了。每读完一个故事都要停下来缓一缓才能继续往下读。最喜欢《祥子的微笑》、《你好再见》、《姐姐,我那小小的顺爱姐姐》 ,这三篇看得我一直在流泪…书里的每个人物,因为一方面想做自己,一方面又想保护对方,而在无意间伤害了彼此。那些藏在心里没说出口的话,那些为了不伤害对方而咽下的委屈,都像浸透了水的棉被,柔软又沉重,压在胸口让人透不过气…
我们因为爱而靠近,也因为靠近而彼此伤害。而正是那些细微的伤痕,让我们更真切地感受到对方在心中的存在。或许我们不该执着于做一个“无害”的人。有些话说出来或许会带来小小的碰撞,但如果永远憋在心里,造成的反而是无法挽回的隔阂。有时,必要的坦诚,即使会带来短暂的疼痛,也可能是让彼此真正被看见的唯一方式。
86 reviews
February 21, 2024
은희경 작가의 말을 조금 바꿔 써 보자면, 소설을 읽는 것은 그 안에 담긴 인공의 감정을 그대로 받아들이기보다는, 그 감정의 원형을 내 안에서 찾아내 공명하기 위함이다. 제아무리 절절하게 쓰여진 감정도 내 안에 없다면 공감할 수 없다.

유독 내 감정이 잘 반응하는 작가들이 있다. 줄리언 반스는 '부끄러움'을, 강화길 작가는 '불안'을, 그리고 지금 읽는 최은영 작가는 '슬픔'을 내 안에서 끄집어내준다.
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38 reviews
November 4, 2025
4.5/5 rounded down. My favorite Korean literature so far this year! Choi simply presents what words are soft yet powerful means. We are all ordinary and innocent people, we try our best not to harm others, but hurt others unintentionally.
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762 reviews7 followers
January 31, 2024
很喜欢崔恩荣《你的和平》,但到了大火的《明亮的夜晚》我看了几页就给了差评。读了这本的前四篇故事,意识到了自己为什么没那么喜欢:她的故事太“故事”了,一眼能看到她的伏笔与内涵,而同时我又不信那些故事,自然无法共情。
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37 reviews
April 12, 2025
好温暖好心痛的文字,最喜欢用沙子盖的家这篇。
微博看到有人说这本书的简中版把涉及性少数的文章全删了,几乎和原版是两本不同的书,好幽默哈哈哈哈,遂找来台版看。
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55 reviews5 followers
June 3, 2025
3.6점

그애를 껴안아 책의 귀퉁이를 접듯이 시간의 한 부분을 접고 싶었다. 언젠가 다시 펴볼 수 있도록, 기억할 수 있도록. - 『모래로 지은 집』

뜨거운 여름날의 지나간 인연을 간직하는 책이다.

인간관계 속의 복잡하고 다양한 감정이 잘 드러나서 좋았다.
개인적으로 『아치디에서』를 가장 인상 깊게 봤다.

다시 읽고 싶은 책이다.
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762 reviews7 followers
July 23, 2025
很喜欢崔恩荣《你的和平》,但到了大火的《明亮的夜晚》我看了几页就给了差评。读了这本的前四篇故事,意识到了自己为什么没那么喜欢:她的故事太“故事”了,一眼能看到她的伏笔与内涵,而同时我又不信那些故事,自然无法共情。
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33 reviews
October 2, 2025
human emotions are so complicated and i love and hate how we are so complex
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15 reviews
December 5, 2025
很喜欢《祥子的微笑》《你好,再见》,也喜欢《筑沙为家》。
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24 reviews
August 23, 2023
미묘한 감정들을 글로 너무 잘 표현해냈다.. 모든 인물들에 공감이 간.. 그래서 그들의 삶의 우여곡절들을 따라가기가 벅찼다
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590 reviews127 followers
November 23, 2025
เล่มนี้เป็นรวมเรื่องสั้นอีกหนึ่งผลงานของคุณชเวอึนย็อง ผู้เขียน ‘เธอผู้เป็นดั่งค่ำคืนสว่างไสว’ ซึ่งเรายังไม่เคยอ่าน (แต่มีในกองดองแล้วนะ 555) แต่ที่หยิบเล่มนี้มาอ่านก่อนเพราะเห็นว่าเป็นรวมเรื่องสั้น น่าจะอ่านง่าย และอยากลองสัมผัสสำนวนการเขียนก่อนไปประเดิมอ่านเรื่องยาว

สำหรับ ‘ความทรงจำครั้งที่ร้าว’ เล่มนี้ เป็นรวมเรื่องสั้น 7 เรื่อง ว่าด้วยความสัมพันธ์บางอย่างของคนบางคนที่ฝังลึกอยู่ในอดีต บางความสัมพันธ์จะจบลงไปนานแล้ว แต่ทุกอย่างยังเด่นชัดอยู่ในความทรงจำ

สำนวนการถ่ายทอดความรู้สึกของตัวละครดีมากกกก เหมือนเราได้เข้าไปในนั่งในใจของตัวละคร ได้เข้าไปแง้มเปิดกล่องแห่งความทรงจำที่อัดแน่นไปด้วยความเรื่องราวและความรู้สึกต่างๆ นานา มันท่วมท้น มันเอ่อล้น มีทั้งความเศร้าและความสุขปะปนกันไปแล้วแต่เรื่องราวชีวิต เหมือนตัวเองกำลังนั่งดูอัลบั้มภาพซีเปียเก่าๆ เลยค่ะ ถึงสีจะเก่า ภาพจะไม่ค่อยคม แต่ความรู้สึกชัดมากกกก
เป็นเล่มที่ประทับใจมาก และชอบมาก ชอบทุกสำนวนและการบรรยายทุกฉากทุกตอน ชอบในทุกความสัมพันธ์ที่ผู้เขียนหยิบมาเล่า เหมือนได้ล่องลอยไปในอดีตที่แม้จะเจ็บปวด แต่ก็สวยงาม แม้ชีวิตจะไม่สวยหรูหรือสมบูรณ์แบบ แต่ทุกประสบการณ์ที่เราโอบรับ ความจริงที่เราโอบกอด ย่อมทำให้เราเติบโตมาได้อย่างดีเช่นกัน
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3 reviews
August 10, 2023
"她的第二本小說集仍然用著溫柔的眼眸看待一切,但是裡面卻帶有淒涼的破裂音色,讓故事踏著腳步走在永遠的夏天回憶裡。"
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