연대기, 괴물

by 임철우

Chronology, monsterb "The crying was a sound from all things on earth with a life"A vivid memory experience that revives the nightmare of historyThe chronology of pain, bAn artist who has actively participated in the Seoul Newspaper in 1981 as a "dog thief" in the New Years Literature, and has been active in the past 36 years, winning the Literary Award, the Prize, the Yosan Literary Award, and the Daesan Literary Award. The fifth book collection of "Chronicles, Monsters" was published. His fictional history of coexistence of "recorder of events", "explorer of memory" (literary critic Kim Hyung Joong) and "excellent lyricist" (literary critic Kim Hyun) keeps track of the return of history, It can be explained by his long style of keeping depth. The novel also has seven novels stared at the tragedy and following the age of the novel, which should not face the ghostly nightmare. However, there is no magical and mythical space, fantasies and comforts that Lim Chul-woo created in his previous works such as "One Century Inn," "Valley of Separation," " At that time, the writer fills up a more dense society, a society that has not been given the time to reflect and worry, and now it has become impossible to even get a little pant. Like the title, it writes the history of continuous suffering as a chronicle of life, and captures the violence that has been swallowed up by each giant. In general, these novels, which are written with a longer breath than these fragments these days, may be read with lonely and dark stories at a glance, but the thoughts on memory and death that Im Chul-woo has long sought have exceeded emotions and languages I take readers to the field of empathy.

382 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2017