Heo Joo-eun's novel "Forest of Missing Girls," which was first known in the world not in Korea with its atmosphere of work based on Korean history and culture, and meticulous writing with detailed mystery devices in a solid narrative, has been published by Media Changbi. The artist places a history unfamiliar to Koreans, and a gongnyeo (貢女) system that existed until the King Sejong era in the Joseon Dynasty, in the background of the novel. It connects the tragedy of a village in Jeju, the family history that is tightly connected to the tragedy, and the lives of Joseon women during the patriarchal era, and draws readers to the center of mysterious incidents.
First of all, overseas readers fell in love with this unfamiliar story set in the middle ages of Korea. The Forest of Stolen Girls, which was first released in North America in 2021, was shortlisted for the White Pine Award, Canada's largest reading program, in 2022, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2021 and 2022. In addition, it has been selected as the best novel for teenagers by the Library Association of America (YALSA) and recommended books by the Library of Youth (JLG), and has already attracted enthusiastic attention from adults as well as young readers even before its publication in Korea.
Like his history and literature major at the University of Toronto, his work is characterized by history, especially Korean history. The Silence of Bones, The Red Palace, and other novels that were released one after another were all written based on a deep understanding of Korean history. The author, who says, "All the books I write now are love letters dedicated to Korean history," is solidifying his position as a Korean best-selling author, with the word "Korea" capturing all strangers as the "most Korean story."
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