The novel "Beasts of the Small Land" immerses the reader in the history and culture of Korea in 1917, when the country was under Japanese rule. The story begins with the sale of a ten-year-old girl named Yashma to a school of courtesans. Her friend becomes Jongho, an orphan boy who later joins the revolutionary struggle for the country’s independence, and Yashma becomes a famous performer. The novel’s characters experience many adventures as they travel to different places, and somewhere between the pages there lurks a tiger. "Beasts of the Small Land" is a work that lets readers penetrate the complicated moments of history and, through their own eyes, see how encounters with other people can change our lives.