스프레이

A shoe salesman in a department store lives by the clock, getting up, washing and using the toilet at the same times every day, and he bows politely even to a shopper who has him bring out nine pairs and then buys nothing. Avoiding mistakes matters more to him than love: he is sure his first girlfriend dropped him because his hands turned clammy when they first held hands, and he has avoided touching a woman's hand ever since, still hearing his father's contempt whenever he slipped up as a boy. Then one day he takes home a delivery addressed to flat 109 instead of his own flat 709, and his palms begin to sweat. From that small error, trouble starts to build.

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About the book

Form

Short story

First published

2011 by Munhak Sasang

Author's age

41 when first published