The novel Toji (Land), Reading with 10 Spaces


Publication Info.

  • AuthorSeoungyoon Lee
  • PublisherLP Publication (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Released2021. 1. 29.

The richest and the most accessible ways of reading Land

This book introducesd and organizesd 20 volumes of Kyongni Park’s novel Toji,  which contains more than 40,000 pages of 200-character manuscripts, into one volume based on the spaces in the novel. The story begins in Pyengsari, Gyeongsangnam-do, and expands to Jinju, Tongyeong, Busan, Masan, Seoul, Japan, Yongjeong, and Yeonhaejoo along the character’s journeys. In other words, it is a spatial version of Toji that divides into ten spaces based on the novel’s sites.

This book serves as a refresher for those who have already read the novel and showcases the vastness of the story to those who have not read it, or only know it as a drama.