Lit in Translation

Kim Won-u

김원우

Born 1947 · South Korea

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Daesan 2002 · Winner

    객수산록

    Gaeksusallok

    Title translated by AI:“Scattered Notes of a Wanderer's Sorrow”

    Kim Won-u · 55 when first published

    Short stories · 447 pages

    AI-generated summary:Five stories and novellas about people the author calls refugees: worn-down outsiders pushed to the edge of a society of vulgarity and pretence. In one, a narrator and a Mr Kim argue over whether a modern novel can be written in Korea at all.