In-hye's husband, an artist, utilizes art to realize his various fantasies and lusts. This is art used not as honest expression, but rather as exploitation with selfish motives. In a novel concerned with self-liberation, the artist character succumbs to his primal, immoral impulses and desires, while Yeong-hye seeks to transcend them. However, the sexual escapades coordinated by the artist end only in shame, regret, and mental instability.
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