Lit in Translation

97의 세계

97-ui segye

“The World of 97” (title translated by AI)

Park Hyoung-su (박형서, born 1972)

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A father trying to rescue his daughter is caught in an endless loop: every ninety-seven seconds, time snaps back to where it began. The story starts from a father's love but will not stay inside it: to get her out he must break through that love itself, a turn set off by the daughter, who is set on rescuing a different child. It conveys the hopelessness of grown-ups shut inside a society of disasters, and a thin hope that time remains to act.

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About the book

Form
Short story
Genres
Speculative, Family (assigned by AI)
First published
2020 by Munhak Sasang
Author's age
48 when first published