김애란
Born 1980 · South Korea
Yi Sang 2013 · Winner
Chimmugui mirae
Title translated by AI:“The Future of Silence”
Kim Ae-ran · 32 when first published
Short story · 352 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:A powerful state gathers the last speakers of dying languages in a museum, and the spirit of a language shut in with them tells of their lives and its own.
Yi Sang 2010 · Excellence prize
Geugose bam yeogiui norae
Title translated by AI:“Night There, Song Here”
Kim Ae-ran · 29 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:Nearing forty and never made welcome anywhere, cab driver Yongdae works a winter night shift, murmuring basic Chinese phrases after Myeonghwa's recorded voice on a cassette; the two are a couple pushed to the edges of society.
Yi Sang 2007 · Excellence prize
Chimi goinda
Title translated by AI:“Mouthwatering”
Kim Ae-ran · 26 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:A tired young woman who rents a small room lets a younger acquaintance move in with her, and during the three months they share it, the newcomer confides how her own mother once abandoned her.