From the Gaze by author Jeong Se-rang is a major work centered on women and spanning three generations. It traces how the legacy of protagonist Shim Si-seon, who did not succumb to oppression in a patriarchal society, is passed on to her descendants. The lives of Shim Si-seon, who overcame the tragedy of the Korean War and found a new life, her daughters, who lived through the final decades of the 20th century, and her granddaughters, who live in the 21st century, are interwoven like warp and weft. Karina compared the emotional connection the work creates to Gilmore Girls (a long-running American family drama), and cited the deep, measured pacing characteristic of a full-length novel as one of its strengths.
