Park Wan-seo's first novel, and Park Wan-seo's most beloved novel, "Namok."
Includes seven representative early works, including “Namok” and “Stolen Poverty,” which were modeled after the painter Park Su-geun of “Namok.”

Park Wan-seo's works reveal the innocence of youth, including its anxiety, coldness, precariousness, and potential explosiveness.
In particular, "Namok" is a sad and profound book about war and youth that contains the longing, loneliness, hatred, and sorrow of innocent youth through the worn-out words that everyone uses.
This book powerfully evokes in readers the idea that the common saying that youth is beautiful might actually be true.

―Yoo Jong-ho (literary critic)