- Overview
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This novel tells the story of a lonely man caught in the faint shadow of an old love.
- Book Intro
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Park Min-wu, a successful architect, comes across the name of his long-forgotten first love in a note given to him by a strange woman at one of his lectures. Cha Sun-a, a name with which he was once familiar, is now a distant memory. No longer able to be reached by telephone, she only keeps in contact through e-mail.
Jeong Wu-hui, who works multiple part-time jobs to keep her dream of becoming a play-actor alive, becomes close with Cha Sun-a, the mother of Kim Min-wu, a man who was once a close friend and lover. After Kim Min-wu commits suicide, his mother follows in his footsteps just a few months later. Jeong Wu-hui sorts through her belongings. In her memoirs, Jeong finds a picture of Cha in her younger days. There she also discovers a name Cha once held dear to her heart: Park Min-wu. Who was this man? Jeong tracks down Park Min-wu at one of his lectures and hands him a letter that awakens a long-forgotten memory.
- About the Author
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Hwang Sukyeong
Hwang Sukyeong was born in Changchun, Manchuria in 1943 and graduated from Dongguk University with a degree in Philosophy. He has created a new prospect of Korean realistic literature, announcing works including Far Away from Home, Han Chronicle, and The Way to a Ginseng Field. Jang Gilsan, a novel serially published in Hankook Ilbo from 1974 to 1984, has been recognized as a masterpiece that portraits spirits of Korean people by using an outstanding imagination of the author. Many of his works including The Old Garden, The Guest, The Lotus Way, and Princess Bari have been translated into different languages.
