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Excerpts from Tokko Chun

Excerpts from Tokko Chun by Koh Jongsok Translated by Cho Beckhee Part II The Four Seasons--April The Revolution Thursday, April 28, 4293 1 Am I a nihilist, unable to accept submissively the common knowledge of the world? Am I a pessimist? Very much the way I was not able to foresee fifteen years ago the sudden liberation that happened overnight, I was not able to anticipate the fall of the Liberal Party under Syngman Rhee. I was too young to foresee the liberation, and that's that. But now? The eleven-year-old me and the twenty-six-year-old me, we are the same political dimwit. Will I be able to write anything with such dull senses? For the last ten days, actually, for more than a month, I have been a bystander to the revolution. To put it nicely, I have been a friendly onlooker. Rather than joining the people on the streets, gathering in the plazas, I have been in this shabby secret room of mine, peering at the revolution's progress. Most likely, I will benefit from this democracy to which I have contributed nothing, like the thousands, tens of thousands, of other bystanders. Is it fair? Even if it isn't, 1. Note from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture University of Hawai'I Press

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by Koh Jongsok Translated by Cho Beckhee Part II The Four Seasons--April The Revolution Thursday, April 28, 4293 1 Am I a nihilist, unable to accept submissively the common knowledge of the world? Am I a pessimist? Very much the way I was not able to foresee fifteen years ago the sudden liberation that happened overnight, I was not able to anticipate the fall of the Liberal Party under Syngman Rhee. I was too young to foresee the liberation, and that's that. But now? The eleven-year-old me and the twenty-six-year-old me, we are the same political dimwit. Will I be able to write anything with such dull senses? For the last ten days, actually, for more than a month, I have been a bystander to the revolution. To put it nicely, I have been a friendly onlooker. Rather than joining the people on the streets, gathering in the plazas, I have been in this shabby secret room of mine, peering at the revolution's progress. Most likely, I will benefit from this democracy to which I have contributed nothing, like the thousands, tens of thousands, of other bystanders. Is it fair? Even if it isn't, 1. Note from the

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Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: May 3, 2013

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