No English yet
Yi Sang 2009 · Winner
산책하는 이들의 다섯 가지 즐거움
Sanchaekhaneun ideurui daseot gaji jeulgeoum
Title translated by AI:“Five Pleasures of People Who Take Walks”
Kim Yeon-su · 38 when first published
Short story · 361 pages
Kim Yeon-su
김연수
Born 1970 · South Korea
- In English
- 0 of 5
Books on prize lists
- No English yet
Yi Sang 2007 · Excellence prize
내겐 휴가가 필요해
Naegen hyugaga piryohae
Title translated by AI:“I Need a Holiday”
Kim Yeon-su · 36 when first published
Short story
- No English yet
Daesan 2005 · Winner
나는 유령작가입니다
Naneun yuryeongjakgaimnida
Title translated by AI:“I Am a Ghostwriter”
Kim Yeon-su · 35 when first published
Short stories · 266 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:Nine stories that dig into what lies between the lines of history books and old records, told by narrators who set down the stories no one else was there to write.
- No English yet
Yi Sang 2003 · Excellence prize
노란 연등 드높이 내걸고
Noran yeondeung deunopi naegeolgo
Title translated by AI:“Hanging the Yellow Lanterns High”
Kim Yeon-su · 32 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:Told in two alternating voices, the story stays with a young woman grieving after an abortion and with the one who hangs her yellow lantern high where all can see it, as a wound left by love slowly mends.
- No English yet
Yi Sang 2002 · Excellence prize
첫사랑
Cheotsarang
Title translated by AI:“First Love”
Kim Yeon-su · 31 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:Writing a letter years later, the narrator goes back to a first love in 1980s Gimcheon, and to the hurt done to someone's heart at a time when neither could yet tell that what they felt was love.