Visitors that Come in the Night

 Rating: 8/10

<Visitors that Come in the Night> is a short story accusing the Korean male society of prostitution. At the beginning of the novel, when the main character enters the house, a description of a cockroach appears. A cockroach full of walls that can be seen dimly in a dark room, gradually disappears when a small light is seen, and all disappears when the light comes in. Except for the two weakest and smallest ones. This cockroach may mean an prostitution businesses in dark places we don't know, and users are constantly there. However, all of them cannot know the reality at ordinary times. Cockroaches that disappear when light is seen, and prostitution businesses that do not pretend to be absent during the day usually are identified. And through this, the writer metaphorically accuses the other side of Korean society.


The main character decided to marry with Kim, but when she realized that Kim mistake a house for a prostitute, she broke the marriage. This was stunning because Kim looked like perfect man for marriage, and therefore I can trust the word "There is no man to trust".

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