Greenroom

The Gold Vein

Kim Yu-jeong, 1935 · Original title: 노다지

Kkongbo and Deopeori are two drifters who wander the gold fields of Korea. Small Kkongbo has the sharpest eye for ore around, and he treats big, strong Deopeori, who saved his life a year ago, as his elder brother. On a moonless night the two set out to sneak into a guarded gold mine over the mountain and dig for themselves.

the dream of striking it rich overnighta bond built on a debt of gratitudethe rootless lives of colonial-era drifters

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Public domain: the author died in 1937 and the work was published in 1935, so its copyright has ended in Korea, the US and the EU. Everything written here is our own; no translation is copied.

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  • 꽁보 Kkongbo A small, timid gold digger with the sharpest eye for ore. He treats the man who saved his life as an elder brother. Main character Appears in part 1
  • 더펄이 Deopeori A gold digger as big and strong as a gate, who looks after timid Kkongbo like a younger brother. Main character Appears in part 1

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