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Excerpts from "Author's Note" in From the Crossroads to the Racetrack (Kyŏngmajang ŭn negŏri esŏ), 1991

Excerpts from "Author's Note" in From the Crossroads to the Racetrack (Kyŏngmajang ŭn negŏri... Exc e r p ts f rom "Auth or's No t e" i n Fro m th e Cro s s ro a d s t o the R a c etra ck (Ky ng maj ang n n e g r i e s ) , 19 91 Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton of my first novel, To the Racetrack, I entered the so-called literary world. No sooner had I set foot on those grounds than I drew fierce attacks from certain critics. One individual, having attacked the novel, didn't hesitate to follow up with a downright personal attack . . . . Listening to those who attacked To the Racetrack, I came to realize that they were criticizing this work because they felt I wasn't being truthful about my feelings toward others, but also because I wasn't sensitive enough to conventional, customary values. Their argument, in a word, was that I was guilty. Characters in a novel, especially intellectuals, are supposed to act in a certain way. But my characters didn't. Therefore my novel and I were found guilty. At first I was perplexed by these arguments. Only later did I realize that it was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture University of Hawai'I Press

Excerpts from "Author's Note" in From the Crossroads to the Racetrack (Kyŏngmajang ŭn negŏri esŏ), 1991

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Exc e r p ts f rom "Auth or's No t e" i n Fro m th e Cro s s ro a d s t o the R a c etra ck (Ky ng maj ang n n e g r i e s ) , 19 91 Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton of my first novel, To the Racetrack, I entered the so-called literary world. No sooner had I set foot on those grounds than I drew fierce attacks from certain critics. One individual, having attacked the novel, didn't hesitate to follow up with a downright personal attack . . . . Listening to those who attacked To the Racetrack, I came to realize that they were criticizing this work because they felt I wasn't being truthful about my feelings toward others, but also because I wasn't sensitive enough to conventional, customary values. Their argument, in a word, was that I was guilty. Characters in a novel, especially intellectuals, are supposed to act in a certain way. But my characters didn't. Therefore my novel and I were found guilty. At first I was perplexed by these arguments. Only later did I realize that it was

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Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture – University of Hawai'I Press

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