Bluebird's Introduction

Answer 1

Blue Bird was published in Korea in 1948. The novel was about a love story between a young female doctor and an old Japanese officer in Korea during World War II.

The protagonist of the story was a young female doctor named Lee Eunhee. She was injured in a war in Korea and was saved and taken care of by an old Japanese officer. As time passed, the relationship between the two gradually deepened, but the Japanese officer used Lee Eunhee's body to obtain information when she was forced to participate in an operation, and eventually betrayed Lee Eunhee to the German army.

With the war as the background, the novel showed the complexity and variety of human nature through the description of the inner world of the characters, and also reflected the suffering and struggle of Korea in the war. The novel is considered one of the representative works of modern Korean literature and has won many international literary awards.