In a dramatic display of his new determination, he burned his school uniform on the beach and moved to a mountainous region in Gwangwon Province where he devoted himself to vegetable farming for two years.
Failing health and desire for more education, however, compelled him to return to school and he entered college as an economics major with special interest in advertising.
He has lived in both urban and rural areas, deep in the mountains and in the seaside towns and has developed a wide range of interests from the tradition of Confucian culture to advertising.
[4] Though diverse in subject matter, Yi Sunwon's works share the underlying concern with growing insensitivity to violence and change in modern society and our indifference to the suffering of others.
The Color of Water, the Pattern of That Shade is a moving story of family hardships and maternal love which also explores the negative side effects of rapid industrialization.