약콩이 끓는 동안

Ever since an accident put him in a wheelchair, Professor Kim has needed someone to carry messages between his home and the university, and the job falls to Yoon, a young woman studying for a higher degree. In his house nobody really connects with anyone. The professor flares up over her smallest mistakes; his sons swap idle banter and try their luck with her. Only the housekeeper, with her teasing, coaxing way of speaking, keeps a pot of black soybeans simmering for his health. Yoon's own circumstances stay hazy from the first pages, and the story, told with dry humour and an experimental hand, gradually brings them into focus.

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About the book

Form

Short story

First published

2006 by Changbi

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9788936436988 (original)