μμ΄ μμ€ The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)

βλμ§'λ λ΄μ νμμ€ λ² μ€νΈ μ λ§ μμ€μΌ λΏλ§ μλλΌ λ Έλ²¨λ¬Ένμκ³Ό ν°λ¦¬μ² μμ μμν μνμΌλ‘, μ°λ¦¬λλΌ μ¬λλ€μκ²λ μκ°λΌλ μ΄λ¦κ³Ό ν¨κ» νκ΅κ³Όμ λ¨λ€λ₯Έ μΈμ°μΌλ‘ 'μ¬μ¬'λΌλ νΈμΉμ΄ μΉμν ν λ² (1892-1973)μ μνμ΄λ€.
λΆλͺ¨λμ μ κ΅ νλμΌλ‘ λ―Έκ΅ λν μ¬ν μμ μ μ μΈν 40λ μ μΈμμ μ€κ΅μμ λ³΄λΈ κ·Έλ λ λκ΅¬λ³΄λ€ μ€κ΅μ΄μ μ€κ΅λ¬Ένμ μ΅μν μ€νλ € μ€κ΅μΈμ λ κ°κΉμ΄ λ―Έκ΅μΈμ΄μλ€. κ·Έλ¬ν μ΄μ λ‘ κ·Έλ λ 20μΈκΈ° μ΄ μ€κ΅μ λΉλκ³Ό λ ΈλΉμ μΆμ λμ 보μ΄λ― μ λͺ νκ² κ·Έλ μ μν 'λμ§'μμ λ¬Ένλ‘ νΌμ³€λ€.
(κ·Έλ κ° μ€κ΅λΏλ§ μλλΌ νκ΅κ³Ό μ΄λ€ μΈμ°μ΄ μμλμ§, νκ΅μ κ΄λ ¨λ μ΄λ€ μνλ€μ΄ μλμ§, κ·Έλ κ° μ μ€κ΅μΌλ‘ λ€μ λμκ°μ§ λͺ»νλμ§, κ·Έλ λ₯Ό μκ°λ‘ λ§λ κ³κΈ°λ 무μμΈμ§, κ·Έλ κ° 'λμ§' μ΄ν μνμ μμ±λ μμ΄ λ€μμ ν μλ°μ μμλ μ΄μ λ 무μμ΄μλμ§ κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ κ·Έλ μ μΈμ λ§λ‘κ° μ΄λ νλμ§κΉμ§ μ΄μΌκΈ°νλ €λ©΄ λ무λ κΈΈμ΄μ§ κ² κ°μ μκ° μ€λͺ μ λν΄μλ μ΄λ§ μλ΅νλ€.)
'The Good Earth'λ μ€κ΅μ μμλ 'Wang Lung'κ³Ό λ ΈλΉμλ 'O-lan'μ΄ λΆλΆμ μΈμ°μ λ§Ίμ ν κ°λμμ λ²μ΄λκΈ° μν΄ μΌλ§λ μ²μ νκ² λͺΈλΆλ¦Όμ³€λμ§μ λν μ΄μΌκΈ°λ‘ μμνλ€. μμ μ ν λ¨Έλκ»μ μ΄μ κ³μ€ λ λ€λ €μ£Όμ ¨λ ν λ¨Έλ μ΄λ¦° μμ μ νκ΅ λͺ¨μ΅κ³Ό ν¬κ² λ€λ₯΄μ§ μμ μμ€μ μ λ°λΆμ λνλλ μμ¬μ μ μ ν¨μ μμμ§λ§ μκ°κ° νΌμΉλ μΈλ¬Όμ μ¬λ¦¬ λ¬μ¬κ° λλ₯Ό μλνλ€.
'λμ§'λ₯Ό λ무 λ¦κ² μ½μ κ² κ°μ μ΄μ§ λΆλλ½κΈ°λ νμ§λ§ μ΄λ¦° μμ μ λ€μλ ν λ¨Έλμ μλ μ΄μΌκΈ°μ κ²°νΌνκ³ λμ λΆλͺ¨κ° λ ν μμμ ν₯ν λ§μμ΄ λ¬΄μμΈμ§ μκ² λ μ§κΈμ λ΄ μν©μ΄ μ μ ν μμ¬ μν μ체λ₯Ό κ·Έλλ‘ ν‘μνκ³ μλ λλμ λ² μ°¨κΈ°λ νλ€. λ μΌμ° μ½μλλΌλ©΄ κ³Όμ° λ΄κ° μΌλ§λ μνμ λͺ°μ ν μ μμμκΉ μΆμ λ§μμ΄ μμμ μ£ΌκΈ°λ νλ€.
κ²¨μ° 40% μ λλ§ μ½μμ λ μνμ μμ λ¨νΈμκ² μΈλ©° λΆλ©° μν μ΄μΌκΈ°λ₯Ό μ νλλ° λ¨νΈμ΄ μ© μλλ λ± ν μκ°μ΄ μ§λκ°λ€κ³ μκΈ°νμ λ λ μ€μ€λ‘κ° μ¬νκ² μνμ λͺ°μ λμ΄ μλ€λ μ¬μ€μ κΉ¨λ¬μλ€. μ¬μ€ μ΄ μνμ λν΄μ μ΄μΌκΈ°νλ €λ©΄ μμ£Ό μμΈν νμ΄λκ°μΌ νλ€. κ·Έλ¬λ μκ°μ μ μ½μ μμμ μΌλ‘ μΆμ½ν΄ λ³΄λ €κ³ νλλ° μ λ μ§ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ² λ€.
λλ체 μΌλ§λ κ°λνμΌλ©΄ λΈμ λ ΈλΉλ‘ νκ³ κ·Έκ²λ λͺ¨μλΌ μ¬λ κ³ κΈ°λ₯Ό λ¨Ήμλ μμ μ΄ μμμκΉ? κ·Έλ κ² κ°λνλ μμ Wang Lungλ§μ λκΉμ§ κ°μ‘±μ ν¬κΈ°νμ§ μμλ€. νλ μ μ무κ²λ λ¨Ήμ κ²μ΄ μμ΄ κ²°κ΅ μ§μ λ λ λ¨μͺ½μΌλ‘ μ΄μ£Όν΄μΌκ² λ€κ³ O-lanμκ² λ§νμ λ κ·Έλ λ λ΄μΌ μΆλ°νμκ³ νλ€. κ·Έ μ΄μ λ λ·μ§Έ λΈμ μΆμ°ν΄μΌ νκΈ° λλ¬Έμ΄μλ€. μμ΄μ 첫 μΈμμ리λ μ λͺ νμ§λ§ Wang Lungμ΄ λΈμ 보기 μν΄ λ€μ΄ κ° λ°©μμλ μ μ λ§μ΄ κ°λμλ€. μμ΄λ μ£½μ΄ μμλ€. κ·Έλ¬λ O-lanμ μΌκ΅΄μλ μλ¬΄λ° νμ μ΄ μλ€. μ£½μ μμ΄λ₯Ό μ²μ κ°μΈμ νμ μκ³ κ°λ Wang Lungμ νλλμ΄ μ ν΄μ Έ λλ¬Όμ λ©μΆ μκ° μμλ€. μ€λ§ μ€λ§ νλ μΆμΈ‘μ΄ μ¬μ€λ‘ λλ¬λλ μκ° λλ κ²½μ μ κΈμΉ λͺ»νλ€. λ μ λ¬»μ΄ μ£Όλ©° λ³΄κ² λ μ£½μ μμ΄μ λͺ©μλ μ λͺ ν λ μκ°λ½ λͺ¨μμ λ©μκ΅μ΄ μμκΈ° λλ¬Έμ΄λ€.
λ¨μͺ½μΌλ‘ μ΄μ£Ό ν Wang Lung κ°μ‘±μ λΉμ°Έν μνμ μ½κ² λμ΄ λμ§ μμλ€. μκ°λ κ·Έλ€μ μΆμ μ΄λ κ² λ¬μ¬νλ€.
He lived in the rich city as alien as a rat in a rich man's house that is fed on scraps thrown away, and hides here and there and is never a part ofthe real life of the house.
μμ΄λ€μ κ²°κ΅ κ·Έκ³³μμ ꡬ걸λ λͺ¨μλΌ λλμ§μ νκΈ° μμνκ³ Wang Lungμ μ΄ μ¬μ€μ νλμ΄ λ¬΄λμ Έ λ΄λ¦¬λ κ² κ°μλ€. μμ΄λ€μ΄ νμ³ μ¨ κ³ κΈ°λ‘ μ리λ₯Ό λ΄ μ¨ O-lanμκ² Wang Lungμ μ΄λ° λͺ¨μ΅μ μ°¨λΌλ¦¬ μ¬μΉμ κ°κΉλ€κ³ μ¬κ²¨μ‘λ λͺ¨μμ΄λ€. μκ°λ κ·Έ μ₯λ©΄μ λ€μκ³Ό κ°μ΄ λ¬μ¬νλ€.
"Now will I not eat this meat!" cried Wang Lung angrily. " We will eat meat that we can buy or beg, but not that which we steal. Beggars we may be but thieves we are not." And he took the meat out of the pot with his two fingers and threw it upon the ground and was heeless of the younger lad's howling.
Then O-lan came forward in her stolid fashion and she picked up the meat and washed it off witha little water and thrust it back into the boiling pot. "Meat is meat." she said quietly.
λΈμ λ ΈλΉλ‘ νμμΌ νλ μν©μκΉμ§ μ΄λ₯Έ Wang Lungκ³Ό O-lanμ λνμ λ λ€μ νλ² μΈμμ μΌμΌμΌ νλ€. O-lanμ μ¬ν κ³Όκ±°κ° κ³ μ€λν λλ¬λλ λλͺ©μ΄μκΈ° λλ¬Έμ΄λ€.
"There is nothing to sell except the girl," she answered slowly.
Wang Lung's breath caught. "Now, I would not sell a child!" he said loudly.
" I was sold to a great house so that my parents could return to their home."
"And would you sell the child, therefore?"
" If it were only I, she would be killed before she was sold... the slave of slaves was I!"
μν¬μκΈ°ν Wang Lungμ΄ λΈ μμ΄μκ² λΆμ£μ§μ μ΄λ©΄μ λ°°λΆλ¦¬ λ¨Ήκ³ μΆλκ³ λ¬Όμ΄λ³Ό λ μ무κ²λ λͺ¨λ₯΄λ μμ΄λ κ·Έμ μλλ€. κ·Έλ λΈμ λΆμ£μ§μ λ ΈλΉλ‘ νκΈ° μ μ‘°κΈμ΄λΌλ 'ν¬λ§'μ νκ³ μΆμλ 보λ€. λ ΈλΉμλ O-lanμκ² μ΄κ²μ κ² λ¬»μ§λ§ λμμ¨ λλ΅μ κ·Έλ₯Ό λμ± λ¬΄λμ§κ² λ§λ λ€.
"Tell me, and were you beaten in that great house?"
And she answered him flatly and somberly, "Every day was I beaten."
And he cried again, "But was it just witha girdle of cloth or was it with bamboo or rope?"
And she answered in the same dead away, "I was beaten with a leather which had been halter one of the mules, and it hung upon the kitchen wall."
"This child of ours is a pretty little maid, even now. Tell me, were the pretty slaves beaten also?"
And she answered indifferently, as though it were nothing to her this way or that, "Aye, beaten or carried to a man's bed, as the whim was, and no to one man's only but to any that might desire her that night, and the young lords bickered and bartered with each other of this slave or that and said, 'Then if you tonight, I tomorrow, ' and when they were all like wearied of a slave the men servants bickered and barered for what the young lords left, and this before a salve was out of childhood-if she were pretty."
κ·Έλ μ λΆμ°ν μ΄λ¦°μμ λ‘ μΈν λ΄λ©΄μ μ¬νμ μ΄ν΄νκΈ΄ νμ§λ§ λμμ μμΌλ‘ μμ μ λΈμ΄ μ²νκ² λ μν©μ κ·Έλ κ² μ μκ³ μμΌλ©΄μ μλ§λ‘μ μ΄μ© κ·Έλ κ² κ°μ μλ λ‘λ΄μ²λΌ λ§ν μ μλμ§ λ΅λ΅νκ³ νκ° λ¬λ€.
κ·Έλ¬λ κ·Έ μκ° κ·Έλ€μκ²λ κΈ°μ κ°μ μΌμ΄ μΌμ΄λ¬λ€. μ¬λνλ λΈμ λ ΈλΉλ‘ ν νμλ μμλ€. κ²°μ½ μ³μ λ°©λ²μ μλμμ§λ§ κΈλ©μ΄λ₯Ό μμ μ₯κ² λ Wang Lungμ κ°μ‘±κ³Ό ν¨κ» λ¨κΈ°κ³ μ¨ λ κ³Ό μ§μ΄ μλ λΆμͺ½ κ³ ν₯μΌλ‘ λ€μ λμκ°λ€. μ΄λ λꡬ보λ€λ λ μ΄μ¬ν μΌνκ³ μ¬μ°μ λλ μ΄ λΆμ΄κ°λ€. λμ΄μ λΌλλ₯Ό κ±±μ νμ§ μκ² λμκ³ μμ νλ λ μ λμ΄λ§ κ°λ€.
'μ΄μ μ΄ κ°μ‘±μκ² νλ³΅μ΄ μ°Ύμμ€λκ±ΈκΉ? μλ§μ κ³ μμ΄ μ΄λ€ μμΌλ‘ 보μμ΄ λ κΉ?' μκ°νκ³ μλλ° μμ΄λ¬λνκ²λ μ¬κΈ°μλΆν° λμ λΆλ Έλ μμλλ€.
κ°λ λλ¬Έμ μ΄μ© μ μμ΄ μκΈ° μμΌλ‘ μμ μ΄ λ±μμ νκ³ μλ€κ° λ³μ μμ΄μ λͺ©μ¨μ μμ λλ, λΈμ λ ΈλΉλ‘ νκΈ° μ§μ μ μκΈ°μ μ²νμ λλ λ μμ°νλ O-lanμ Wang Lungμ΄ λ€λ₯Έ μ¬μΈμ νμ μλ½κ² κΊΌμ΄ κΊΌμ΄ μ΄λ€. κ°λν μ§μ μμ§ μ μλ€μ λ³μ μ£Όκ³ μλ μ΄λ¦Όμ μ μ±κ» μμλ²μ§λ₯Ό λ΄μνκ³ μμ²λΌ μΌνλ O-lan, ννΈμ΄ λμμ Έλ μ ν μ¬μΉλΆλ¦¬μ§ μμΌλ©° μλ°ν μ§μ μ΄λ¦Όμ κΎΈλ €κ°λ κ·Έλ μκΈ°μ λ¨νΈμ λ°°μ μ κ·Έλ μ μΆμ μμ΄μ κ°μ₯ ν° μνμ΄μμ κ²μ΄λ€.
Wang Lungμ΄ μμ€ μ λ°λΆμμλΆν° 보μ¬μ€¬λ μμνκ³ κ·Όλ©΄ν μ΄λ―Έμ§λ κ·Έκ° LotusλΌλ μ¬μΈμ νλ μκ° μλ₯΄λ₯΄ 무λμ§κ³ λ§μλ€. κ·Έλ μ¬μ§μ΄ Lotusλ₯Ό μ§μμΌλ‘κΉμ§ λ€μΈλ€. κ·Έλ μ ν¨κ» μ§λΌ μμ±λ₯Ό μλ‘ μ§κ³ νκ» λ€λ¬ κΈ°λΆμΌλ‘ μμ±μ λ£μ κ°κ΅¬λ₯Ό μ΄κ² μ κ² λ€μ΄λ λ¨νΈμ λͺ¨μ΅μ μ§μΌλ³΄λ O-lanμ μ¬μ μ μ΄λ μκΉ? μ± μμΌλ‘ λ€μ΄κ° μ무 λ§ λͺ»νκ³ μ¨μ£½μ΄λ O-lan λμ μ λ¬Ό ν μ¬λ°μ Wang Lungμ μΌκ΅΄μ νΌλΆκ³ μΆμλ€. μ μ 차리λΌκ³ .. Wang Lungμ΄ O-lanμκ² ννλ κ°μ₯ μμΈν μ νμ λ°λ‘ O-lanμ μ μΌν 보μμ΄μλ μ§μ£Ό λ μμ λΉΌμμ Lotusμκ² λ°μΉ κ²μ΄λ€. κ²°κ΅ νμ κ³ μλ§ νλ€κ° λ³μΌλ‘ μμ λ§κ°ν O-lan, λλ κ·Έ μκ° μ± μ λκ³ μΆμλ€. O-lanμ΄ μ£½μλλ° λ¬΄μ¨ μ΄μΌκΈ°κ° λ¨μ μμκΉ μΆμλ€. λ€μμ Wang Lung μ€μ€λ‘ λ³ΈμΈμ΄ O-lanμκ² μ μ§λ₯Έ μ νμ λν΄ νννλ μ₯λ©΄μ΄λ€.
And out of his heaviness ther stood out strangely but one clear thought and it was a pain to him, and it was this, that he wished he had not taken the two pearls from O-lan that day when she was washing his clothes at the pool, and he would bever bear to see Lotus put them in her ears again.
κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ μ± μ νλ°λΆλ λ Wang Lung λμ κ°μμλ μμ μλ²μ§ κ°μ‘±λ€κ³Όμ μΌν ,λ¨μ μμλ€μ νΌμ¬ κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ μμμ΄ λμ΄μ μμλ§νΌ μ΄λ¦° λ ΈλΉλ₯Ό κ°μ΄μ νμ΄ Lotusλ₯Ό λΆλ Έ μΌ ν μΌλ€μ΄ νΌμ³μ§λ€.
Wang Lungμκ² 'λ 'μ 무μκ³Όλ λ°κΏ μ μκ³ ν¬κΈ°ν μ μλ μλͺ μ μμ²μ΄μ μΆμ μ΄μ κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ λ³ΈμΈμ λͺ©μ¨κ³Όλ κ°μ λμμ΄λ€.
He had no articulate thought of anything; there was only this perfect sympathy of movement, of turning this earth of theris over and over to the sun, this erth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods. The earth lay rich and dark, and fell apart lightly under the points of their hoes. Sometimes they truned up a bit of brick, a splinter of wood. It was nothing. Some time, in some age, bodies of men and women had been buried there, house, some time, return into the arth, their bodies also. Each had his turn at this earth.
μ΄λ° Wang Lungμ λ§μκ³Ό μκ΄μμ΄ μ±μΈμ΄ λΌ μ΄λ¦Όμ μ°¨λ¦° λ μλ€μ μλ²μ§κ° λμκ°μ€ κ² κ°μ λ μ νμ λλ κ°κΈ°λ‘ κ²°μ νλλ° μ΄ μ¬μ€μ μκ² λ Wang Lungμ λΆκ°νκ³ λ§λ€. μ± μ λ§λ―Έμ λ¬μ¬λ λ μλ€μ λ°μμ μ€μΉ ν μ λλ‘ μμΈνλ€. μ¬μ€ Wang Lungμ΄ O-lanμκ² μ μ§λ₯Έ μ§μ μκ°νλ©΄ ννΈμΌλ‘λ λ² λ°λ κ² κ°μ μ€ν΅μ΄κΈ°λ νλ€.
"If you sell the land, it is the end."
And his two sons held him, one on either side, each holding his arm, and he held tight in his hand the warm loose earth. And they soothed him and they said over and over, the elder som and the second son,
"Rest assured, our father, rest assurd. The land is not to be sold."
But over the old man's head they looked at each other and smiled.
μ΄λ κ² 'The Good Earth'λ λ§λ¬΄λ¦¬κ° λκ³ 'λμ§'μ λ λ²μ§Έ μλ¦¬μ¦ 'Sons'λ‘ μ΄μ΄μ§λ€. μκ°μ μ μ½μ λ΄κ° λΆλ§ν¬ν λΆλΆμ μμ£Όλ‘ μ€λͺ νμ§λ§ μ¬μ€ μ΄ μ± μλ μ μ μμ΄ μλ§μ μ¬κ±΄μ΄ νΌμ³μ§λ€. κ·Έ λλ§λ€ κ°μ μ΄ μλμΉκ³ μ¬νκ³Ό κΈ°μ¨μ λμΈμ λλ₯Ό λ§‘κΈ°λ μΌμ΄ μ¦μμ‘λ€. μ¬μ€ μ΄ μ± μ μ½μΌλ©΄μ μ°λ¦¬λλΌ κΉν μκ°λμ λ μ€λ₯΄κ² νλ μΈλ°ν λ¬μ¬μ κ°ν λ κ°ννλ©° μ½μλ€. ν μ₯μ λ΄μ©μ ν μ€λ‘ μ€λͺ ν μ μλ κ²λ λ₯λ ₯μ΄μ§λ§ μμ μμ€κ°μκ²λ ν μ€ λ΄μ©μ ν νμ΄μ§λ‘ μμΈν νμ΄λ΄λ λ₯λ ₯μ΄ μ¬λ₯μΈ μ μ΄λ€. λ μλ‘ νμ¬κΈ λ°λ‘ λ μμ νΌμ³μ§λ μ₯λ©΄μΈ μ μ°©κ°νκ² λ§λλ νλμ λλ μμ€μ΄ νμ€μ μ§λ°°ν μκ° μμ μ΄ μ λ°μ μμλ€. μ΄μ κ·Έλ§ ν€μ΄ λμ¬ μκ°μ΄λ€.