Taotao Life

"I Want to Catch That Light" is a preface by Zhang Yiwei, winner of the 27th Shin Dongye Creative Award and "Korean Post-80s Genius Female Writer" Kim Ae-ran.
Readers who like Jin Aeran will easily catch the sharp, cold eyes of a woman behind her ever-changing literary creations... Reality is as cold as snow, and the writer attributes these experiences to the true nature of life: it has warmth and coldness. At the same time, it also shines.
"The Flooding Life" is Kim Aeran's second collection of short stories, comprising eight stories. These stories depict a girl who grew up in a dumpling restaurant and indulges in piano in her rain-soaked semi-basement rental apartment in Seoul; explore the exhausting and arduous careers of urban women; explore young people trapped by material scarcity and unable to celebrate Christmas properly; and explore a mother, her husband infidelity and in debt, raising her daughter by running a noodle shop. These stories focus on seemingly ordinary, marginalized people in the city, yet they are in fact respectable individuals who silently struggle with life day by day. These imaginative and intelligent texts, like a pool of water gleaned from the mundane world of everyday life, allow readers to reflect on themselves and discern the inner twists and turns of each individual under the weight of life.

2022-10-15

人民文学出版社

236

9787020171767