실패담 크루

A lawyer in the mid-thirties joins a 'failure crew', a circle that gathers to talk about what has gone wrong in its members' lives. The others are well-placed people of the generation that entered university in the early nineties, a hospital director and a company boss among them, who insist they are not typical overbearing elders, and as the youngest the newcomer has to keep them in good humour. For them failure is a comfortable subject for small talk, never one that cost them much, and the meetings become a quiet contest over who has failed best. The narrator labours over a story polished enough to win their approval, but each attempt falls flat, leaving only humiliation and a sharper view of the class lines hidden under shared tastes.

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About the book

Form

Short story

First published

2025 by Dasan Books

Author's age

53 when first published