![]() ![]() Inky eyebrows graced his broad forehead, perpetually tanned from outdoor work. When Hoonie covered his misshapen mouth with his hands, something he did out of habit meeting strangers, he resembled his nice-looking father, both having the same large, smiling eyes. Even as a young man, he retained the mild, thoughtful temperament he'd had as a child. Hoonie was born with a cleft palate and a twisted foot he was, however, endowed with hefty shoulders, a squat build, and a golden complexion. In their long marriage, the wife gave birth to three sons, but only Hoonie, the eldest and the weakest one, survived. Both were born and raised in the fishing village of Yeongdo—a five-mile-wide islet beside the port city of Busan. At the turn of the century, an aging fisherman and his wife decided to ![]()
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