— Overview
The notes stay with that opening and with a question of genre, and they stop before a later itemised recap.
— Contents and key concepts
A title that seemed too frank
When they first met Kim Young-ha’s The Vampire, the notes begin, the title was so frank they almost mistook the book for a fantasy. Anyone who has not really understood the story, they write, could still take it that way — if they accepted at face value Kim Hui-yeon’s claim that her husband is a vampire.
Letters, three months, and a doubt
The story starts when a woman named Kim Hui-yeon telephones the author Kim Young-ha and sends him letters. The narrative unfolds from the contents of those letters. Among the men who appear in them is the one she claims is a vampire.
That man, they write, was unlike the men she had met until then. From there she and this man see each other for three months and marry, and from that point she begins to doubt her husband.
Fantasy, or a figure
But once they had actually read the book, they thought it was less a fantasy than a story whose genre depends on how one looks at reality and at people living in the present. Those who take the contents as they stand may still see a fantasy; those who read it as a figure may see a contemporary story.
The notes leave the book there, before a later itemised recap. The same Korean report, in a longer form, sits on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of Kim Young-ha’s The Vampire that stays with Kim Hui-yeon’s letters and a question of genre.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
How does the story, as the notes tell it, begin?
A woman named Kim Hui-yeon telephones the author Kim Young-ha and sends him letters. The narrative unfolds from those letters. Among the men in them is the one she claims is a vampire.
What happens between her and that man?
He is unlike the men she has met until then. They see each other for three months and marry, and from there she begins to doubt her husband.
How do they read the genre, and where do they stop?
On first meeting the work, the title seemed so frank they almost took it for a fantasy. If one accepts at face value the wife’s claim that her husband is a vampire, it can be read that way. Having read it, they think it is less a fantasy than a story whose genre depends on how one looks at the present: taken literally, a fantasy; read as a figure, a contemporary story. They stop before a later recap.
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