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Omma ka aniodo
Description:
Even If I'm Not a Mother" serves as a definitive work that pieces together--like a puzzle--the issues Seo Su-jin has explored throughout her career. The protagonist, In-u--who previously viewed family as something "not meant for her" (p. 63)--now builds a home with the man she loves, quits her job, and strives to conceive; this trajectory evokes characters from "Korean Teacher" and "Eugene and Dave". Meanwhile, her journey to find a surrogate mother who vanished while carrying her child--which she encounters young women exposed to violence during--recalls themes found in "Oleander" and "Kind Neighbor". Above all, the author expands upon the concept of "life on the boundary"--a theme she has long delved into--on a much broader scale. By shifting the boundaries she has previously explored--spanning family and neighbors, regular and irregular employment, youth and adulthood, and Korea and foreign lands--from mere dividing lines to starting points where something emerges from nothing, she examines the desires underlying the birth of life, an event typically regarded as noble and beautiful
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