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"There is a lot of shit in Luchuan" Author: Li Changdong Publisher: Wuhan University Press Douban Books Top 250
"There is a lot of shit in Luchuan" Author: Li Changdong Publisher: Wuhan University Press Douban Books Top 250
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This book is a collection of short and medium-length stories published by Korean director Lee Chang-dong in 1992. With this, he won the Korea Daily Creative Literature Award. The following year, he was invited by director Park Kwang-soo to enter the film industry. He then transformed himself and gradually became a film master with international influence.
This collection of novels shows a group of lower-class characters caught up in the complex and ever-changing historical waves. They struggle to pursue true values in life, fight against the pain in reality, and find the meaning of their personal lives. The author examines the reality of Korea through the experiences of these characters, but does not stop at telling historical events or stories themselves. Instead, he focuses on depicting the changes that have taken place in the characters in the process. They gradually begin to question and explore the true value of life and their own identity.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Lee Chang-dong is a writer, director and screenwriter. He wrote novels in his early years and won the Creative Literature Award of the Korea Daily. He started making movies in 1997, and his representative works include "Peppermint Candy", "Oasis", "Secret Sunshine", "Poetry" and "Burning". In 2002, he won the Special Director Award at the 59th Venice International Film Festival for "Oasis", and won the Best Director Award at the 2nd Asian Film Awards for "Secret Sunshine" in 2007. In 2010, he won the Best Screenwriter Award at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 5th Asian Film Awards and the Best Director Award at the 4th Asia Pacific Film Awards for "Poetry". In 2018, he won the FIPRESCI International Film Critics Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his new film "Burning".
