Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

♦韩国电影大师、作家型导演李沧东小说代表作。
♦心怀悲悯的现实主义写作，李沧东的一切电影创作的源头。
♦琐碎的生活暗藏汹涌洪流，直指生命深处的被掩藏、遗忘的一切。
"生命的意义不在天上，而是在现实当中，虽然它很丑陋。"
“我所有的希望，就是能有一点点的改变。这就像是用一 根 蜡烛在传递火种，手递手，点燃别人手里的蜡烛。”——李沧东
◎内容简介
本书共收录了李沧东的小说处女作《战利品》及其他短篇小说共十一篇。这些作品都是以城市边缘人和小人物为关注点，聚焦于两类题材，一类是朝鲜战争及南北分裂、光州事件等社会现实所造成的伤痛，一类是韩国社会工业化发展进程中的社会问题。他的小说不以大事件为线索，而往往围绕着生活的细节，如两代人之间的鸿沟、夫妻之间或婆媳之间的家庭矛盾、大巴车上的风波等等，他拙朴的笔触下隐藏的是这些细小的事件背后巨大的悲剧感。他的作品有一种逼真的写实感，如同他的电影那样深刻地刻画人与人之间的关系，寻找被生活隐藏的真实。
无论是电影叙事，还是小说叙事，李沧东手中都握着一把极为锐利的手术刀，他深层剖开韩国现代社会中普通人的生存困境，将其经受的历史创伤、人性的残酷、个体命运遭受侵害等问题连根拔起。在这部小说集里，他不止是人文主义的电影导演，还是一位心怀悲悯的作家。

2018 film by Lee Chang-dong

A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.