1992년 한국인 원폭 피해자의 증언과 분신자살, 원폭의 사회화: 김원일의 ｢그곳에 이르는 먼 길｣(1992.6)

Abstract

This article is intended to examine Kim Won-il's novel The Long Way to the Place (1992.6), which deals with the victims of the Korean atomic bomb. Kim Won-il, who witnessed the reality that the nuclear issue is being discussed in connection with the survival of the entire nation, found the present state of division in the atomic bomb victim. When President Roh Tae-woo visited to Japan in May 1990, the Japanese government promised 4 billion yen in the name of medical aid to Korean atomic bomb victims. The support was an event that greatly improved the conditions of the exposed Koreans despite the limitations that it was not an official apology and not a title of recompense. Then, what kind of atomic bomb issue did Kim Won-il want to raise against the backdrop of the time after such an agreement was reached and the first installment was deposited? In this context, the article wanted to reveal what Kim Won-il organized The Long Way to the Place with what and strategies to socialize and remember the atomic bomb issue.