Afterwards, as she lived through the years of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, Choi Eun-young came to think that the past was a much happier time.
[6] Having debuted in 2013, Choi Eun-young's first short story collection Shokoui miso (쇼코의 미소; Shoko's Smile) was published in August 2016.
In the 2014 spring issue of the quarterly Munhakdongne, in the Reviews & Discussions corner, which was the first critical response to her debut work “Shokoui miso” (쇼코의 미소; Shoko's Smile),[8] there is a section on “Shokoui miso” (쇼코의 미소; Shoko's Smile) with a subtitle of ‘A Barefaced Story of Growth’.
[10] However, just because there aren’t any literary techniques on the surface, it's not that Choi Eun-young is not a writer who has honed her writing skills.
The reason why Choi Eun-young's works do not show much literary finesse is that it's not that she's an unskilled writer, but that she is able to conceal her skills.
“Eonni naui jakeun sunae eonni” (언니 나의 작은 순애 언니; Big Sister, My Small Big Sister Sunae) talks about the Inhyukdang incident, and “Ssinjjao ssinjjao” (씬짜오 씬짜오) talks about issues regarding South Korea’s participation in the Vietnam War.