Lit in Translation

잠수종과 독

Jamsujonggwa dok

“The Diving Bell and the Poison” (title translated by AI)

Lee Jang-wook (이장욱, born 1968)

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Each day the surgeon Gong checks on a man who set a fire and leapt while burning, and now lies in a coma; sunk deep inside himself, he recalls for her the paralysed hero of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He also brings back Hyun-woo, her partner of five years, a photographer just winning recognition, who was driving to an interview on the day of the fire. Nothing ties the patient to Hyun-woo's absence, yet she cannot keep them apart.

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About the book

Form
Short story
First published
2021 by Changbi
Author's age
53 when first published
ISBN

9788936438760 (original)