That story has been described as "widely known to Koreans for its lyrical qualities",[5] "outstanding"[6] and a "modern classic",[7] and even "the pinnacle of literary art in Korea",[1] and has been adopted into a movie directed by Lee Song-gu in 1967.
And one night, under a luminous moon, Heo and Jo walks on a mountain road covered with full-blown buckwheat flowers, with a young itinerant vendor, Dong-i, who has decided to travel with them for a moment.
She is from Bongpyeong, but she had to leave her hometown after she had sex with a stranger and got pregnant with her son, Dong-i.
Heo listens to the story carefully until he trips and falls into a creek.
The story has been adapted into several works in Korean: It has also received a number of translations, including at least three into English language.