The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

Echoing Animal Farm and Charlotte’s Web, this novel is an anthem for freedom, individuality and motherhood featuring a plucky, spirited heroine who rebels against the tradition-bound world of the barnyard. Speaking to a universal resonance that also opens a window on Korea, this is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild – and to hatch an egg of her own.

BY: SUN-MI HWANG, TRANSLATED BY CHI-YOUNG KIM