K's Funeral

A gripping novel by a well-known Korean author of contemporary prose—this is his 45th work, published in the magazine “Contemporary Literature,” where the works of leading Korean writers are selected.

The plot focuses on the lives of two female writers, unfolding around a mysterious death of character K. One of them sacrificed her life by living as a ghost-writer, while the other refused to acknowledge kinship with her father, creating her own world. K’s unexpected death ties their fates together, helping them realize reality and find their true names.

On the way to the sea, Jeong Hijong meets a mysterious person named K., who changes her life.

K. is a famous Korean writer, tired of the world; Jeong is an unemployed girl who has lost her purpose. K. offers her an unexpected contract: she gets fame and wealth, but she must become his. Jeong accepts and begins living someone else’s life. But later she learns that K. was dead long before they met.