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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e A word from MD\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e A New York Psychiatrist's Personal Story\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e The first book written by psychiatrist Jong-ho Na, who gained attention with his article titled “Suicide is not an extreme choice.”\u003cbr\u003e I have collected stories from meeting and counseling various people in New York.\u003cbr\u003e We explored why stigma and prejudice lead to psychological problems and how we should treat others to foster empathy and coexistence.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eJune 3, 2022.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSocial and Political PD Son Min-gyu\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“If you listen to the stories of the people who appear in this book,\u003cbr\u003e “The world we live in will truly become that much better.”\u003cbr\u003e -Kwon Jun-su (Professor of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Jong-ho Na of Yale University's Department of Psychiatry tells us\u003cbr\u003e A story of empathy and connection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the People Library, where people lend out 'people books', I can talk with the person I 'borrowed' for 30 minutes.\u003cbr\u003e This library is maintained by the volunteering of valuable time by people of all ages, including minorities, people with AIDS, immigrants, people with schizophrenia, the homeless, transgender people, and the unemployed.\u003cbr\u003e This project, which first began in Denmark to alleviate stigma, prejudice, and hatred toward others and to remind us of the meaning of understanding, respect, and coexistence, is now operating in over 80 countries around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Jong-ho Na of Yale University, who studied psychology in college and then became a psychiatrist with the hope of making a practical contribution to suicide prevention, calls himself a \"librarian\" of the human library in his first book, \"The Human Library of a New York Psychiatrist.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe author wrote this book in the hope that it would serve as a bridge between his patients and others, like a human library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book features the stories of various patients the author met while working as a resident at the Mayo Clinic and New York University, and as a fellow in addiction psychiatry at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e Literally, they are all different in race, gender, age, occupation, and sexual identity.\u003cbr\u003e What they have in common is that they are all socially disadvantaged and minorities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The reason for telling their 'story' on their behalf is clear.\u003cbr\u003e Because I believe in the power of story.\u003cbr\u003e The author states that “the most effective way to reduce public stigma and prejudice against socially vulnerable and minorities, including mentally ill patients, is to meet and talk directly with members of the groups who are the targets of stigma or discrimination.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Choi In-cheol of the Department of Psychology at Seoul National University said, “Many problems in life come from misunderstandings, stigmatization, and hatred toward people.\u003cbr\u003e People with psychological problems, racial minorities, and sexual minorities.\u003cbr\u003e “If we could just get rid of the misunderstandings about these, our lives would be free,” he said, recommending the book, saying, “This book will give us a taste of that freedom.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Preface - Understanding Other People's Lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 1: People I Met in New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The distance between two people\u003cbr\u003e Homeless in New York, Homeless New York\u003cbr\u003e I can't believe he's gone\u003cbr\u003e Time to walk down memory lane together\u003cbr\u003e Saving one life\u003cbr\u003e Being the parent of a minority child\u003cbr\u003e Granny Almond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Empathy Takes Effort\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Don't you know what that feels like?\u003cbr\u003e It can happen to anyone.\u003cbr\u003e walk in her shoes \u003cbr\u003eSomewhere between empathy and sympathy\u003cbr\u003e Beyond empathy, sharing pain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3: A Life Unbreakable Even by a Brand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I like all the resident doctors\u003cbr\u003e Bipolar disorder is just a part of me\u003cbr\u003e It's okay if it's not okay\u003cbr\u003e Is addiction a matter of will?\u003cbr\u003e Suicide is not an extreme option.\u003cbr\u003e Can suicide be prevented?\u003cbr\u003e Thank you for your courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion - Goodbye, New York\u003cbr\u003e References\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate3842\/MidCate003\/384121295.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e This book is a story about a corner of a human library.\u003cbr\u003e Every single patient I met while working as a psychiatrist was like a new 'book' to me.\u003cbr\u003e The stories in the book were sometimes touching, often sad, and tear-jerkingly beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e I guess that for them, I, a 'black-haired immigrant psychiatrist', was also the first 'book' they had ever encountered.\u003cbr\u003e Those encounters piled up one by one and truly became a book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.11~12\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e'If I pull the bat too hard, my uncle will lose his balance and fall.'\u003cbr\u003e When I heard the boy say that he was worried that his uncle, who abused and harmed him every day, would get hurt, I almost cried.\u003cbr\u003e After the treatment, I was talking about this topic with a trauma specialist professor and I ended up bursting into tears in front of him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.51~52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about raising a child as a minority in America.\u003cbr\u003e Very occasionally, I wonder if I came to America for nothing, especially during a time of heightened racial tensions and rising hate crimes against Asians.\u003cbr\u003e It already breaks my heart to think that one day my child might have the same negative experiences I did. \u003cbr\u003eBut I think what I can do for my child is to first try to look at other people without prejudice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's easier for anyone to empathize with someone they have a lot in common with than with someone from a very different background.\u003cbr\u003e This is because empathy requires the will to accurately understand the other person, even to the very depths of their inner self.\u003cbr\u003e Emergency medicine physicians may have had a natural easier time understanding the patient's situation because their backgrounds were similar to theirs.\u003cbr\u003e Even if they are both alcoholics, the way a homeless patient is viewed (\"Aren't they just lazy and addicted to alcohol?\") and the way a former doctor views a patient who comforts himself with alcohol (\"How hard must it have been for them to become dependent on alcohol so late in life?\") would certainly be different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.97~98\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eCompassion appears to understand the suffering of the suffering subject, but at the same time it thoroughly otherizes it.\u003cbr\u003e I feel compassion for those who are suffering, but I do not intervene in their pain.\u003cbr\u003e Thus, compassion severs the relationship between me and the subject who feels pain.\u003cbr\u003e Empathy, on the other hand, is seeing and thinking about the world from the perspective of someone who is suffering.\u003cbr\u003e Only by experiencing and feeling the pain of another person firsthand can one fully understand and alleviate the meaning of that pain.\u003cbr\u003e Genuine empathy actually relieves the suffering of others.\u003cbr\u003e The factor that produces the greatest therapeutic effect in psychotherapy is the therapist's ability to empathize.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Underlying empathy is a higher level of compassion.\u003cbr\u003e This value goes beyond simple interest or curiosity toward others; it stems from a genuine desire and commitment to the well-being of others. \u003cbr\u003eThe better you understand the suffering of others, the more you will want to help alleviate that suffering.\u003cbr\u003e And the more we listen attentively to what others have to say, the more we will discover how similar and closely connected we are, despite our apparent differences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e People with severe mental illness who repeatedly experience prejudiced gazes and social stigma sometimes internalize the stigma, which is called internalized stigma or selfstigma.\u003cbr\u003e People end up believing public prejudices against people with mental illness (e.g., 'mental patients are dangerous') without even realizing it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is often said that the brain of an addict has been 'hijacked'.\u003cbr\u003e This is because, regardless of one's will, they behave as if the cockpit (brain) of an airplane (body) has been taken over by 'drugs' or 'alcohol'. \u003cbr\u003eBecause the part of the brain that causes humans to become addicted is a primitive part related to survival, it is very difficult to break free through 'willpower' alone.\u003cbr\u003e Because the need to survive is a problem that cannot be eliminated or ignored by willpower.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Defining suicide as a choice stigmatizes not only the deceased but also the bereaved families of those who committed suicide.\u003cbr\u003e In fact, the question that bereaved families of suicide victims hate to hear the most is “asking why the deceased ‘chose’ to commit suicide.”\u003cbr\u003e Many bereaved families are reluctant to interact with others and become isolated due to the shame and guilt caused by the stigma.\u003cbr\u003e When guilt, shame, isolation, and the mourning process combine, it can cause intense psychache.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.172\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Jong-ho Na of Yale University's Department of Psychiatry tells us\u003cbr\u003e A story of empathy and connection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Denmark has a human library. \u003cbr\u003eLike any other library, this place lends books for free for a certain period of time.\u003cbr\u003e The difference is that you are lending a ‘person’ rather than a book.\u003cbr\u003e The rental period is also a bit different.\u003cbr\u003e I can talk to the person I borrowed for 30 minutes instead of 1-2 weeks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This library is maintained by the volunteering of valuable time by people of all ages, including minorities, people with AIDS, immigrants, people with schizophrenia, the homeless, transgender people, and the unemployed.\u003cbr\u003e This project, which began with the goal of alleviating stigma, prejudice, and hatred toward others and reaffirming the meaning of understanding, respect, and coexistence, is now operating in over 80 countries around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Jong-ho Na of Yale University, who studied psychology in college and then became a psychiatrist with the hope of making a practical contribution to suicide prevention, calls himself a \"librarian\" of the human library in his first book, \"The Human Library of a New York Psychiatrist.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe author wrote this book in the hope that it would “build a bridge between patients and others, like a human library” (p. 11).\u003cbr\u003e As a psychiatrist, I especially wanted to introduce the stories of people living healthy and happy lives with mental illness, the \"warm patients.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book features the stories of various patients the author met while working as a resident at the Mayo Clinic and New York University, and as a fellow in addiction psychiatry at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e Literally, they are all different in race, gender, age, occupation, and sexual identity.\u003cbr\u003e What they have in common is that they are all socially disadvantaged and minorities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The reason for telling their 'story' on their behalf is clear.\u003cbr\u003e Because I believe in the power of story. \u003cbr\u003eThe author states, “The most effective way to reduce public stigma and prejudice against the socially vulnerable and minorities, including mentally ill patients, is to meet and talk directly with members of the groups who are the targets of stigma or discrimination (p. 8).”\u003cbr\u003e The point is that simply by having the person I am prejudiced against introduce their own meaningful life in front of me and share a story with me, I am able to break free from the prejudices I have been unconsciously holding onto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In fact, the book includes a passage where a woman who deliberately borrowed a \"Muslim\" to chat with in Copenhagen says, \"Are you really Muslim? You don't match the image I had of Muslims at all.\" (pp. 9-10) This is the moment when stigma and prejudice crumble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA homeless lawyer, a drug-addicted grandfather,\u003cbr\u003e Even immigrant youth suffering from PTSD.\u003cbr\u003e A new world guided by human librarians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLife, when seen from afar, is a one-act play filled with tragedy, but when seen up close, it is a series of comedies and tragedies.\u003cbr\u003e If you read Chapter 1 of the book, 'People I Met in New York', you will definitely see that.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 features stories of patients the author met during his residency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A successful Manhattan lawyer who suddenly became homeless (page 21); a grandfather who was thought to be a drug addict but was suffering from 'persistent grief disorder' after losing his beloved wife (page 37); a young man who immigrated to the United States trusting his only blood relative and ended up suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) (page 50); a homeless man and his small pet who came to the hospital emergency room in need of a place to sleep and food (page 31).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConvenient words like “homeless,” “drug addict,” “immigrant,” and “mentally ill” obscure what brings joy to the people they refer to, when they are happy, what hurt them, and why they struggle.\u003cbr\u003e In Chapter 1, the author shines a microscope on the lives of some people who are not captured by the word.\u003cbr\u003e There is a mother who cries and laughs at her daughter's story, even though she is in a situation where she is almost unable to lead a normal life due to severe schizophrenia.\u003cbr\u003e There is a grandfather who carries around a picture frame containing a picture of himself and his wife from their happiest days in a plastic bag.\u003cbr\u003e There is a young man who is homeless on the streets, but he is trying his best to protect his pet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Readers who look into the 'human book' guided by the author, a human librarian, will experience stepping into a new world, as is often the case with the act of 'reading.' \u003cbr\u003eMoreover, you will realize how violent and lazy generalizations are the words that are easily dismissed as 'that's how it will be' by lumping someone with a specific word (for example, homeless people are lazy, addiction is a matter of will, people with mental illness are dangerous, immigrants are also dangerous).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA weighty question for a society with zero empathy.\u003cbr\u003e Is it possible to empathize with someone in a different situation than me?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If Chapter 1 tells the story of people with flesh and blood, Chapter 2 raises a weighty question about 'empathy.'\u003cbr\u003e The author experiences two different things at the Mayo Clinic and Bellevue Hospital, and experiences the impossibility and possibility of empathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFirst, when a white patient made a racist remark toward the author, and the author's supervisor, who was also white, condoned it, the author was struck by the question, \"Is empathy only something that can be demonstrated in similar situations?\" (p. 79). In the hectic emergency room, seeing an emergency medicine professor spend more than 30 minutes with an \"alcoholic doctor\" for the first and last time, with tears welling up in his eyes, solidified the idea that empathy can only be expressed \"to the extent of one's own experience.\" (p. 92) He experienced firsthand the impossibility of empathy and the helplessness that comes from selective empathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So, is it possible to empathize with someone even if you haven't shared the same experience? An incident that changed the author's skeptical view on this question follows. \u003cbr\u003eJacob's mother, who was struggling to raise her autistic son alone, regularly visited the emergency room, complaining, \"My child is hallucinating. Please admit him.\"\u003cbr\u003e Most medical staff viewed them as 'people whose circumstances are pitiful, but who should be discharged quickly because they do not have auditory hallucinations.'\u003cbr\u003e Someone said, “I know how difficult it is to raise a child, but we shouldn’t decide to hospitalize a patient based solely on pity.”\u003cbr\u003e But one professor was different.\u003cbr\u003e Living with his husband as a gay man, he had his first 'family meeting'.\u003cbr\u003e And it says this:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I didn’t have the courage to adopt a child, so I don’t have any children, but I want to hear and learn about how my mother raised her children.”\u003cbr\u003e The meeting lasted about an hour. \u003cbr\u003eJacob's mother calmly spoke about the hardships and pain of living as a single mother in New York, and the professor listened quietly.\u003cbr\u003e Finally, the professor asked, “Can I give you some advice?” and handed me a pamphlet about autism parent groups and recommended outpatient treatment.\u003cbr\u003e After that, Jacob and his mother never went to the emergency room again. (p. 112)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This incident was a symbolic event that made the author realize that 'one can empathize even without experiencing it.'\u003cbr\u003e The author says:\u003cbr\u003e Empathy is not something you are born with, but rather something you can develop through learning, will, and effort (p. 127). The only way to change a \"divisive society\" where protecting others' rights is misunderstood as a violation of your own rights, into a \"connected society\" where protecting others' rights is considered a form of protecting your own rights, is to restore \"empathy.\" \u003cbr\u003eIn that sense, reading this book, which awakens the possibility of empathy, may be the first step toward recovering the ability to empathize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHow the stigma attacks the party\u003cbr\u003e How can I stop it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 explores three forms of stigma (p. 154) and discusses how common stigmas and misconceptions surrounding schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, addiction, and suicide attack those affected, and what we can do to break free from them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a psychiatrist, the author devotes a significant portion of the book to dismantling the stigma and stigma surrounding mental illness.\u003cbr\u003e Alleviating stigma is the author's ultimate goal in writing this book.\u003cbr\u003e Because I have witnessed countless times the negative effects of stigma.\u003cbr\u003e The stigma surrounding mental illness is particularly pernicious because it discourages individuals with mental illness or their families from seeking or delaying treatment (p. 155).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe author points out that while the social stigma has eased significantly since it became known that \"brain biological mechanisms\" directly influence the development of mental illness, many people still misunderstand addiction as a matter of \"willpower,\" stating, \"Few mental illnesses have as well-understood brain mechanisms as addiction\" (p. 162).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The declaration that 'suicide is not an extreme choice' even feels like determination.\u003cbr\u003e People who attempt or contemplate suicide are often gripped by a sense of despair and helplessness, believing that no matter what they do, their lives will never improve. They say that at the moment of attempting suicide, suicide feels not like an option, but like the only escape route to end the suffering of reality. (p. 170)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author asks:\u003cbr\u003e Is it appropriate to use the word 'choice' when referring to someone who feels they have no choice? \u003cbr\u003ePeople who die by suicide are often thought of as \"selfish,\" but the author argues that defining suicide as a \"choice\" is dangerous because it reinforces this prejudice.\u003cbr\u003e People who attempt suicide are not selfish, but rather feel they are a burden to their family or loved ones (p. 171).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Choi In-cheol of the Department of Psychology at Seoul National University read this book and said, “Many problems in life come from misunderstandings, stigmatization, and hatred toward people.\u003cbr\u003e People with psychological problems, racial minorities, and sexual minorities.\u003cbr\u003e “If we could just get rid of the misunderstandings about these, our lives would be free,” he said, recommending the book, saying, “This book will give us a taste of that freedom.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStories connect me and you\u003cbr\u003e Why we need to listen to more people's, more diverse stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAre the so-called socially disadvantaged or minorities living in a completely different world from me?\u003cbr\u003e Will I ever be called by that term?\u003cbr\u003e That's not necessarily the case.\u003cbr\u003e Depending on the time, place, and situation, anyone can find themselves in a weak position.\u003cbr\u003e Just like the author, who was a middle-class man (mainstream) who graduated from a prestigious university in Korea, ended up becoming a minority (non-mainstream) as an immigrant of a minority race when he moved to the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That's why, following the guidance of the author, a New York psychiatrist and human librarian, I'm doing it for myself, not for anyone else, to listen to more people's stories, empathize with their lives, and ultimately connect with them.\u003cbr\u003e Because it creates opportunities for me to connect with others instead of being labeled or ostracized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf, after reading this book, when I meet someone different from me in my daily life, or when I have difficulty understanding someone based on my values, I can pause for a moment and listen to their story before judging them, then, as Professor Kwon Jun-soo of the Department of Psychiatry at Seoul National University College of Medicine, who read this book first, said, “The world we live in will truly become that much better.” \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePages, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204 pages | 308g | 135*200*20mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9791197689284\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1197689281 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43894498557994,"sku":"105481","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/68eb9f0ac7f3e8439a98939dc6a4655f.jpg?v=1765435883","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/105481","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}