[2] Although Lee Yun-gi (1947~ ) made his official literary debut in 1977 and published his first collection of short stories, White Helicopter in 1988, it was not until the mid-1990s that he gained recognition as a fiction writer.
[3] Lee Yun-gi utilizes his knowledge of mythology to build narratives rich in symbols and metaphors.
His background in translating, which requires attention to the exact meaning of each word, gives his language precision and accuracy.
Lee often uses aphorisms—old ones reshaped or new ones penned by the author and strategically placed throughout the text—that attempt to express a certain universal truth about life.
The comedy of a given situation is brought to life through the author's multi-layered style of writing that initially delays understanding and then allows his characters an epiphanic moment later on.