문학과 지성사

She will recognize me no matter what.
The case log of biographers in the world without detectives.
A genealogy of love that finds me across a lifetime.

Han Junghyun documents the hidden nooks and crannies of history from today’s perspective by excavating the obscure names left out in official history and connecting the dots in the fictional universe. An extension of such that universe, Let’s Say I’m Marilyn is representative of Han’s interest in historical themes and narratives.

Yun Seolyeong is a researcher based in Japan who experiences partial memory loss caused by an accident that happened a few years ago. One day, she receives an email from a friend with whom she has lost contact since the accident. She remembers the friend by the nickname Sherlock, and they have collaborated on a paper on the public health services for female communists who survived the Korean War. As Seolyeong has to contact Sherlock anyway regarding her application for a faculty position in South Korea, she returns to Seoul for the first time in years to track down Sherlock by deciphering the codes in the email. Seolyeong is joined by Sherlock’s plastic surgeon, Ku Yeonjeong, forming the team of Drs. Watson, the scribes of the world without Sherlock.

In this ironic detective novel, Han Junghyun sees eye to eye with her characters in memory of the people forgotten in official history, calling for a genealogy of love in place of the history of violence.