- Overview
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The second collection of novellas by Kang Hwa-gil, winner of the Grand Prize at the 2020 Young Writer Award and one of the most popular writers today.
- Book Intro
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White Horse
This is a terrifying and beautiful Gothic thriller that begins when women come to know everything, asking questions that cut through the narrative of women of all generations: Why did women have to live with feelings of nauseous love and hatred? How can some women live never really knowing?
Kang Hwa-gil is a writer who exquisitely novelizes the problem of hatred and violence inflicted upon women through the language of thrillers and opens the doors to women-centric thrillers in Korean literature. Through the use of dubious narrators, Kang's works reveal unexpected turns after amplifying the anxiety and fear of those who are unsure of the situation in which they find themselves, captivating readers with an energy that can only be felt in her novels.
With White Horse, Kang's female characters are now transforming into all-knowing narrators. After grasping their own situations for survival, a giant structure that subtly suppresses women through rumors and gossip, unjust perceptions and customs, and physical threats becomes clear in their now broader vision. The moment Kang's characters sense this structure, which appears and then disappears like a ghost, a different sense of suspense begins to unfold. Knowing that everything oozes through the elaborate composition of the novel and gradually worms into the reader's mind, a more intimate tension is conveyed.
In White Horse, Kang goes one step further from her critical mind and reveals her determination as a writer to rewrite, in her own way, the words that restrain women. The title of this novella, alluding to the image of a prince riding a white horse, is not only a reference to G. K. Chesterton's famous poem but also to the music of Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift. How will the meaning of these words be represented in Kang's novel? Continuing this work of reinterpreting existing stories with her own meaning, Kang is leaving an indelible impression on the world of Korean literature. Readers will be able to experience the joy of reading White Horse, a novel that will surely become a classic in the female thriller genre.
- About the Author
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Kang Hwagil
(Vietnamese) Ganghwa-gil, một tiểu thuyết gia đang được chú ý nhiều nhất ở Hàn Quốc, là nhà văn đã mở ra chân trời của thể loại phim kinh dị dành cho nữ trong văn học Hàn Quốc bằng cách hư cấu một cách tinh vi các vấn đề thù hận và bạo lực gây ra cho phụ nữ bằng cách sử dụng ngữ pháp của một bộ phim kinh dị. Năm 2012, truyện nganwsn "căn phòng" được bầu trong hội Văn nghệ tân xuân của báo Kyunghyang. Sáng tác còn có tập tiểu thuyết "Những người tốt" và tiểu thuyết dài "Những người khác".
(English) She started her career when her short story ROOM was elected to the Kyunghyang Spring Literary Contest. There is a collection of short stories, THE GOOD MAN and a full-length novel THE OTHER. She won the Grand Prize in the Hankyoreh Literature Award, the Gu-sang Literature Award, the Young Writer Award in 2017, and the Young Writer Award in 2020.
- Award
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Munhakdongne Publishing Group, 2020, Young Writer Award