Korean Short Stories
Hwang In Suk They Will Wake Up to Laughter 웃음소리에 깨어나리라 Translated by Song Jaepyeong
Information This work was previously published in New Writing from Korea . Please contact the LTI Korea Library. library@klti.or.kr
They Will Wake Up to Laughter In an unfamiliar house, with an unfamiliar family, at an unfamiliar dining table, suddenly there I am, only I feel ill at ease. These people don't mind me and continue to dine. Feeling estranged, I ask myself if this is a dream. Reflecting back, I realize it is a dream Though I know it is, I still feel uncomfortable, so uncomfortable I feel as though it cannot be. How strange would the people of that world live? Suddenly someone appears and disappears. Next time I will burst, burst into loud laughs. They will wake up, and stare at me. Look, the moon is urinating. Even the other side of the grave will get wet. Copyright 2009 Literature Translation Institute of Korea
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