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A Lucky Day

Hyun Jin-geon, 1924 · Original title: 운수 좋은 날

On a cold, drizzly day in 1920s Seoul, the rickshaw puller Kim Cheomji suddenly finds fares coming one after another after ten days without a coin. The longer his lucky streak runs, the more uneasy he feels about his sick wife waiting at home.

the cruel irony of a 'lucky' daypoverty of the urban poor under colonial rulelove hidden behind rough words

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Public domain: the author died in 1943 and the work was published in 1924, 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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  • 김첨지 Kim Cheomji A rough-talking rickshaw puller whose luck turns on a cold, rainy day. Main character Appears in part 1
  • 김첨지의 아내 Kim Cheomji's Wife Bedridden for over a month, she has one small wish: a bowl of seolleongtang. Main character Appears in part 1
  • 치삼이 Chisam First appears in part 2. Read up to part 1 to meet them without spoilers.

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