A Ghost, a Thief, and Love (영문판) - K-포엣 시리즈 43

한지산

저자:한지산
2021년문학사상신인상에「혼자하는추모」가당선되며작품활동을시작했다.2024년심훈문학상을수상했다.
HanJisanbeganhisliterarycareerbywinningthe2021NewWriter’sAwardfromMunhaksasangwiththework“MourningbyMyself”.In2024,hereceivedtheShimHunLiteratureAward.

역자:서린
LynnSuhisaliterarytranslatorbasedinSeoul,Korea.OriginallyfromBoston,healsospentmanyyearslivinginPolandafterhisstudies.HetranslatescontemporaryKoreanliteratureintobothEnglishandPolish.

DancingWithaGhost
PointingtoaBruise
8x8
TheRipple
BelowZero
TheInvitation
Marceline
White
1God,2Humans,0Cups,andPenguins?
TheMagicChair
OnSuchaFineDay,You
TheAltitudeofCultivation
TheSmallTournament
TheBouquet
ThePatient
TheShellintheWasteland
Move-inCleaning
WhattheCoinDoes
LightSpeed
Narration
Poet’sNotes
Poet’sEssay
Commentary
PraiseforHanJisan

책속에서

AGhost,aThief,andLovedividesasinglewordintothirds.Thatwordneveronceappearsinthepoetrycollection.Ibroughtinaghost,athief,andlovetoexplainit.Describingthesethreewordsbecameaformofevasion.IconcludedthepoetrycollectionwithouteverconclusivelysayingwhatImeant.Thiscollectionadherestolife.Thepoemsarelinkedtocharacters,settings,andevents,butthepoemsdon'tmergewiththem.Theyaccompanyeachother,butdon'tmeet;theyareconsciousofeachother,butdon'tinvitetheother.Likehowpeoplecontinuetogazeatthesky,lookattheforest,andcrywherenoone'sthere-absencecanbeawayofprovingpresence.
-From“Poet’sNote”

Knowingtheoutcomeisnotimportant.Theonlypropositionwemustunderstandisthattheendisunknowable,andtheinsightwemustgainisthatlifecannotbeagameofpiecingtogetherapredeterminedconclusion.Thetrulysignificantvalueliesineachmomentwhenwechoosetheunknown,infocusingonhowthefragmentsthatemergefromthosechoicestransformus.ThisisthetestimonyofHan'spoetrycollection.
-HeoHee(LiteraryCritic)