Lit in Translation

첫사랑

Cheotsarang

“First Love” (title translated by AI)

Kim Yeon-su (김연수, born 1970)

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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.

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About the book

Form
Short story
First published
2001 by Munhak Sasang
Author's age
31 when first published