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| Original Title | 天馬 |
|---|---|
| Author | 金 史良 |
| Genre | War & Social Literature |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In 1930s colonial Keijo, Genryu, a disgraced novelist, clings to a perilous existence built on self-delusion and the patronage of a powerful Japanese official, Omura. Despised by his Korean peers, yet ironically dependent on the very system he publicly champions, his precarious world shatters when Omura orders him into a temple for "rehabilitation"—a fate Genryu equates to artistic suicide. His last desperate hope arrives with Tanaka, a celebrated Japanese writer and old friend. Genryu embarks on a frantic, hallucinatory odyssey through Keijo's bustling streets and shadowy back alleys, convinced Tanaka can intercede. As he battles his own unraveling mind, the scorn of the literati, and the crushing weight of his colonial reality, the lines between his grandiose fantasies and tragic desperation blur. Can Genryu escape the temple and his own internal demons, or is his fervent ascent to "heaven" merely a descent into madness? |
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