김중혁
Born 1971 · South Korea
Yi Sang 2017 · Excellence prize
Seumail
Title translated by AI:“Smile”
Kim Jung-hyuk · 45 when first published
Short story · Crime
AI-generated summary:Dave Han, a drug mule carrying narcotics inside his body on a passenger flight, talks with the American in the next seat while every incident on board feeds his fear.
Yi Sang 2010 · Excellence prize
3-gaeui siktak, 3-gaeui dambae
Title translated by AI:“Three Tables, Three Cigarettes”
Kim Jung-hyuk · 38 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:In Megalocity, people know when they will die and are named after the shrinking count of their remaining life; a girl of twenty with four days to go insists that death matters less to her than finding the right question.