꿈을 꾸었다고 말했다

For years the gangsters who drink in this bar have tried to scrub off the dragons inked on them in their youth. In walks a young man dressed in black for a funeral, a mourning band round one sleeve, and they glimpse in him the selves they never became. An older man at another table drifts into memories of his own: his wife has stopped cooking for him and spends her days at a strike outside her company, their daughter has run off and nobody knows where their son is. Then the story passes to the wife, worn down by her husband at home and harassed by her boss at work.

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About the book

Form

Short story

Length

320 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

South Korea

First published

2017 by Munhak Sasang

Author's age

42 when first published

ISBN

9788970129792 (original)