Calling for love in the center of the world
Calling for Love at the Center of the World was first published in Korea in 2008. The novel was set in the 1980s and told the story of a young woman named Li Hongyan who was searching for herself and happiness in the midst of heartbreak, joblessness, loneliness, and pain. Through Li Hongyan's perspective, the novel reveals the various problems of Korean society at that time, including economic crisis, political corruption, interpersonal relationships, gender discrimination, etc. At the same time, the novel also presented the complexity and variety of human nature, showing the emotional entanglements and human conflicts between Li Hongyan, Wang Mingyu, Zhao Xiujuan and others. The novel attracted the attention and love of countless readers with its touching plot and delicate psychological description. The readers could feel the setbacks and difficulties in life from the novel, and they could also find their own shadow and resonance from Li Hongyan's experience of finding herself and happiness. Calling for Love at the Center of the World was a novel full of humanity and emotions. It profoundly revealed the various problems of Korean society at that time and made people cherish and pay more attention to their current lives.