A representative work of Korean literature that showed the culmination of our humanism and aesthetic reason in the 1970s,
“The Little Ball Launched by the Dwarf” by Se-hee Jo. Since the first edition was published in June 1978, 400,000 copies have been sold in 18 years until the 100th edition in April 1996. Together with Choi In-hoon's The Square, this book is considered as the longest-selling steady seller in the history of Korean literature.