CHRISTMAS CAROL

(SUDDEN FICTION)
BY: YOUNG HA- KIM
AUTHORS’S BIOGRAPHY
 Kim Young-Ha
 Born in Hwacheon, Korea
November 11, 1968
Fiction and Contemporary
KIM YOUNG-HA’S OTHER WORKS:

 I Have the Right to Destroy Myself

 Your Republic Is Calling You
 Black Flower
 I Hear Your Voice
 Photo Shop Murder
 Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories
 The Man who Sold his Shadow
 OTHER INFORMATION'S
 As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning from coal
gas and lost memory before ten.
 He was educated at Yonsei University in Seoul, majoring
business administration, but he didn't show much
interest in it.
 Instead he focused on writing stories. Kim, after
graduating from Yonsei University in 1993, began his
military service as an assistant detective at the military
police 51st Infantry Division near Suwon.
 His career as a professional writer started in 1995
right after discharge.
 Kim previously worked as a professor in the Drama
School at Korean National University of Arts and on a
regular basis hosted a book-themed radio program.
 In autumn 2008, he resigned all his jobs to devote
himself exclusively to writing. He currently lives in
Seoul, Korea.
 CHRISTMAS CAROL
CHARACTERS : YEONG-SU (HUSBAND)
SUK-GYEONG (WIFE)
JEONG-SIK (FRIEND #1)
JUNG-GWEON (FRIEND #2)
JIN-SUK (DEAD)
INTERPRETATION
 It was a story between three friends, Yeung-su, Jeong-sik and
Jung-gweon. On there collage days there was this woman
who named Jin-suk, they shared her in bed, relationship and
other stuffs. But after a few years, they've all moved on to their
own lives, with Yeung-su settling down with a stable career
and a family, as have the others, but Jung-gweon losing his
business. So, they intended to have a reunion one day, but
Jin-suk was discovered dead. The woman is murdered with a
sharp weapon and they were suspecting Yeong-su as a
criminal.
QUIZ
1. Who is the author of Christmas Carol?

2-3. Give 2 works written by the author.

4.When does the Author born?

5. He was educated at in Seoul, majoring business

administration, but he didn't show much interest in it. (Fill in the
blank)