About This Book
Yang Geon-sik’s first-person short story “Sad Contradiction,” published in 1918, tells the story of an unnamed protagonist who represents the frustrated Korean intellectuals of the times. At odds with himself and others, he sets off wandering through the streets of Seoul, at times on foot, at times...
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Reading Time Estimates
21m
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180 WPM
15m
average reader
250 WPM
11m
fast reader
350 WPM
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15 min
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