Life Impossible
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Book Introduction
- A word from MD
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The latest work from the author of "Midnight Library"Matt Haig, author of the healing fantasy book "Midnight Library."
This time he invites us to a magical island.
The main character is Grace, a grandmother who only waits for death.
As she visits the house in Ibiza left behind by her former colleague, incredible miracles beyond her imagination occur.
A magical odyssey like a dream.
December 3, 2024. Novel/Poetry PD Kim Yu-ri
Matt Haig, author of "Midnight Library," has released his first new book in four years.
When you give up on life's expectations,
An invitation arrived from the magical island.
★ New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller immediately after publication
★ Amazon · Amazon UK Bestseller
★ Selected as a must-read for 2024 by Time, Goodreads, Library Journal, People, and more.
A new book has been published by Matt Haig, author of the mega-bestseller "Midnight Library," which has sold 10 million copies worldwide.
This is a full-length novel released four years after the previous work, which created a healing fantasy craze in domestic bookstores.
Unlike the previous game where you try to undo regrettable choices in a magical library, this time you face a challenge to change your future when an invitation arrives from a magical island to your grandmother who has imprisoned you in a prison of guilt.
After losing her son and husband, Grandma Grace has lost the meaning of life. Can she begin the wondrous and mysterious adventure called life again?
Life Impossible expands on themes the author has long explored: second chances, infinite possibilities, and awe for life.
It shows the essence of Matt Haig's world of work, as the author himself stated, "This is a proud story in which I poured my all."
This new work from an author who had achieved success across novels, essays, and fairy tales but had been struggling with burnout, depression, and a diagnosis of ADHD, and was on the verge of quitting writing, will be an especially special gift to readers who have been waiting for it.
His magical story once again inspires us with a touching and sincere message, giving us the strength to live.
“A beautiful novel, full of life-affirming wonder and imagination.” - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
When you give up on life's expectations,
An invitation arrived from the magical island.
★ New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller immediately after publication
★ Amazon · Amazon UK Bestseller
★ Selected as a must-read for 2024 by Time, Goodreads, Library Journal, People, and more.
A new book has been published by Matt Haig, author of the mega-bestseller "Midnight Library," which has sold 10 million copies worldwide.
This is a full-length novel released four years after the previous work, which created a healing fantasy craze in domestic bookstores.
Unlike the previous game where you try to undo regrettable choices in a magical library, this time you face a challenge to change your future when an invitation arrives from a magical island to your grandmother who has imprisoned you in a prison of guilt.
After losing her son and husband, Grandma Grace has lost the meaning of life. Can she begin the wondrous and mysterious adventure called life again?
Life Impossible expands on themes the author has long explored: second chances, infinite possibilities, and awe for life.
It shows the essence of Matt Haig's world of work, as the author himself stated, "This is a proud story in which I poured my all."
This new work from an author who had achieved success across novels, essays, and fairy tales but had been struggling with burnout, depression, and a diagnosis of ADHD, and was on the verge of quitting writing, will be an especially special gift to readers who have been waiting for it.
His magical story once again inspires us with a touching and sincere message, giving us the strength to live.
“A beautiful novel, full of life-affirming wonder and imagination.” - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
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Into the book
What I'm about to tell you is something that even I find hard to believe.
So don't feel pressured to believe what I say.
But please understand that I didn't make up any part of this story.
I never believed in magic and I still don't.
But sometimes, what seems like magic is just a part of life we don't yet understand.
---pp.11~12
That was the end of it.
I was just doing a very small kindness.
Decades ago, I asked someone to spend Christmas at my house.
That was all.
Then, after several decades, I suddenly received this letter.
The letter said that Christina had passed away and had left me her house in Spain as a thank you for the 'kindness she had shown me long ago.'
(…) I felt like I lost something rather than gained something.
A friend I never really got to know properly in a time that felt like a distant dream.
I had no intention of moving to Ibiza.
As we age, it becomes increasingly difficult to break the patterns of life.
And I don't want to break the pattern.
My pattern has been broken many times in the past.
When I retired, when my husband suddenly collapsed in the greenhouse, and even when my dog Bernard died, I lost my balance.
And of course, when Daniel was hit by a post office truck while riding his bike.
---pp.24~25
'What am I doing now? What will happen next?'
Most of life has been a mystery.
Even mathematics is full of mysteries.
We know that every even number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers, but we don't know why.
There are mysteries everywhere.
In the hearts of all sentient beings and beneath the surface of every ocean.
Sometimes all we have to do is jump in and figure it out.
---p.159
“Do you remember anything before you lost consciousness?”
“I saw the light,” I said, then realized how pathetic that sounded.
“I saw the light.” Even Alberto seemed to flinch at those words.
Alberto was especially like that.
“What kind of light is it?”
I tried to think.
“I’m sorry, Paula.
It's hard to explain.
It was a moving light.
“It was a cloud and then a black cloud again… … .”
The doctor didn't move at all, as if I had slipped my tongue.
“Excuse me, but how did you know my name was Paula?”
“It’s a name tag.”
The doctor tucked a strand of hair behind his ear with a suspicious expression.
“I didn’t wear a name tag.”
---p.173
Maybe our lives were originally like a lie.
Maybe this is truly absurd.
We live an incredible life on this planet whirling through space, and we don't even blink at the fact.
The fact that we exist here, something impossible that came into being from nothing, that the entire universe came into being from nothing, that we exist out of nothing.
An impossible life.
A fortune to be treasured.
---p.225
The attitude of looking at life as a test and trying to find the right answer, and the desire for excessive neatness, order, cleanliness, and control are the very roots of mental despair.
Because that's just an illusion.
We are in this world, and we are the test paper.
An agent moving in the unstable world of an ever-expanding universe.
If you want to know the truth, if you want to live a full and awakened life, you must move toward possibility.
Towards mystery and movement, towards travel and change.
So don't feel pressured to believe what I say.
But please understand that I didn't make up any part of this story.
I never believed in magic and I still don't.
But sometimes, what seems like magic is just a part of life we don't yet understand.
---pp.11~12
That was the end of it.
I was just doing a very small kindness.
Decades ago, I asked someone to spend Christmas at my house.
That was all.
Then, after several decades, I suddenly received this letter.
The letter said that Christina had passed away and had left me her house in Spain as a thank you for the 'kindness she had shown me long ago.'
(…) I felt like I lost something rather than gained something.
A friend I never really got to know properly in a time that felt like a distant dream.
I had no intention of moving to Ibiza.
As we age, it becomes increasingly difficult to break the patterns of life.
And I don't want to break the pattern.
My pattern has been broken many times in the past.
When I retired, when my husband suddenly collapsed in the greenhouse, and even when my dog Bernard died, I lost my balance.
And of course, when Daniel was hit by a post office truck while riding his bike.
---pp.24~25
'What am I doing now? What will happen next?'
Most of life has been a mystery.
Even mathematics is full of mysteries.
We know that every even number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers, but we don't know why.
There are mysteries everywhere.
In the hearts of all sentient beings and beneath the surface of every ocean.
Sometimes all we have to do is jump in and figure it out.
---p.159
“Do you remember anything before you lost consciousness?”
“I saw the light,” I said, then realized how pathetic that sounded.
“I saw the light.” Even Alberto seemed to flinch at those words.
Alberto was especially like that.
“What kind of light is it?”
I tried to think.
“I’m sorry, Paula.
It's hard to explain.
It was a moving light.
“It was a cloud and then a black cloud again… … .”
The doctor didn't move at all, as if I had slipped my tongue.
“Excuse me, but how did you know my name was Paula?”
“It’s a name tag.”
The doctor tucked a strand of hair behind his ear with a suspicious expression.
“I didn’t wear a name tag.”
---p.173
Maybe our lives were originally like a lie.
Maybe this is truly absurd.
We live an incredible life on this planet whirling through space, and we don't even blink at the fact.
The fact that we exist here, something impossible that came into being from nothing, that the entire universe came into being from nothing, that we exist out of nothing.
An impossible life.
A fortune to be treasured.
---p.225
The attitude of looking at life as a test and trying to find the right answer, and the desire for excessive neatness, order, cleanliness, and control are the very roots of mental despair.
Because that's just an illusion.
We are in this world, and we are the test paper.
An agent moving in the unstable world of an ever-expanding universe.
If you want to know the truth, if you want to live a full and awakened life, you must move toward possibility.
Towards mystery and movement, towards travel and change.
---p.275
Publisher's Review
"Midnight Library" has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
Another magical experience from author Matt Haig.
To the most unfortunate grandmother in the world
I gained the ability I most didn't want.
What would you do if you gained superpowers at the end of your life? Matt Haig, author of the international bestseller "Midnight Library," returns with an even more magical story after four years.
Life Impossible begins with a letter from Grace, a 72-year-old retired math teacher, to a former student, telling her about a strange and impossible experience.
After losing her son and husband, Grace lives a dull life, repeating the same routine.
Grace, who has completely blocked out all emotions and is just waiting for death to come, receives news that Christina, a music teacher she worked with 40 years ago, has passed away, leaving her a house in Ibiza, Spain.
Aside from an unexpected Christmas together in 1979, they had no memories or connection whatsoever. How could this possibly be? The math teacher's curiosity, searching for answers, creates small ripples in her daily life, ultimately taking her to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.
As Grace delves into Christina's death, all questions point to the legendary light of the island, La Presencia.
Grace, who finally faces the light, gains mysterious abilities… .
Life's most wondrous and mysterious adventure unfolds before Grandma Grace, who has locked herself in a prison of regret and guilt.
Exploring the wondrous possibilities of life
The most true and magical story
Life Impossible, as the title suggests, means an impossible existence or an impossible life, and this book is a work whose very existence is almost impossible.
Although her previous work, "Midnight Library," was a huge success, staying on the New York Times bestseller list for 106 weeks and her more than 20 novels, fairy tales, and essays being translated into over 50 languages, the author wanted to quit writing due to burnout, depression, and a diagnosis of ADHD.
What gave him inspiration and vitality was the Spanish island of Ibiza, where he went in search of 'something different'.
Ibiza, which I visited after 20 years, was no longer a clubbing mecca, but a place with preserved seaweed fields registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a place full of unique legends and history.
Having personally experienced “a transformation close to metamorphosis,” the author wanted to write “a story about discovering the power of change in unexpected places and ways,” and the resulting book, Life Impossible, is “a story of adventure, mystery, the environment, and everything about life and death.”
The most truthful and magical story, exploring the reason for all beings living here and now and the wondrous possibilities of life, has come to us once again.
A letter from Matt Haig
“I stopped writing after I wrote “Midnight Library.”
I wanted to do something practical rather than just stare blankly at my laptop.
Suddenly, I had the thought that I should go to Ibiza.
A place I swore I would never return to.
But it felt like I was in a completely different island from Ibiza 20 years ago.
I savored the quieter, more healing and magical side of this island.
Then I started researching the seaweed in Ibiza, a vast underwater meadow in the clear waters of the Mediterranean Sea, one of the oldest organisms on Earth.
From then on, the idea started to grow.
A story of transformation, a transformation that borders on metamorphosis, discovering the power of change in unexpected places and ways.
It was a story I wanted to write.
So I wrote it.
And I poured everything into this book.
Thanks to that, I fell in love with this island again, and I was able to fall in love with writing again.
And as cliché as it may sound, life itself.
I hope that feeling is conveyed to you, even if only a little.
“I hope you enjoy reading it.”
* See Matt Hague's full letter: https://naver.me/xs3OPoRf
Another magical experience from author Matt Haig.
To the most unfortunate grandmother in the world
I gained the ability I most didn't want.
What would you do if you gained superpowers at the end of your life? Matt Haig, author of the international bestseller "Midnight Library," returns with an even more magical story after four years.
Life Impossible begins with a letter from Grace, a 72-year-old retired math teacher, to a former student, telling her about a strange and impossible experience.
After losing her son and husband, Grace lives a dull life, repeating the same routine.
Grace, who has completely blocked out all emotions and is just waiting for death to come, receives news that Christina, a music teacher she worked with 40 years ago, has passed away, leaving her a house in Ibiza, Spain.
Aside from an unexpected Christmas together in 1979, they had no memories or connection whatsoever. How could this possibly be? The math teacher's curiosity, searching for answers, creates small ripples in her daily life, ultimately taking her to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.
As Grace delves into Christina's death, all questions point to the legendary light of the island, La Presencia.
Grace, who finally faces the light, gains mysterious abilities… .
Life's most wondrous and mysterious adventure unfolds before Grandma Grace, who has locked herself in a prison of regret and guilt.
Exploring the wondrous possibilities of life
The most true and magical story
Life Impossible, as the title suggests, means an impossible existence or an impossible life, and this book is a work whose very existence is almost impossible.
Although her previous work, "Midnight Library," was a huge success, staying on the New York Times bestseller list for 106 weeks and her more than 20 novels, fairy tales, and essays being translated into over 50 languages, the author wanted to quit writing due to burnout, depression, and a diagnosis of ADHD.
What gave him inspiration and vitality was the Spanish island of Ibiza, where he went in search of 'something different'.
Ibiza, which I visited after 20 years, was no longer a clubbing mecca, but a place with preserved seaweed fields registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a place full of unique legends and history.
Having personally experienced “a transformation close to metamorphosis,” the author wanted to write “a story about discovering the power of change in unexpected places and ways,” and the resulting book, Life Impossible, is “a story of adventure, mystery, the environment, and everything about life and death.”
The most truthful and magical story, exploring the reason for all beings living here and now and the wondrous possibilities of life, has come to us once again.
A letter from Matt Haig
“I stopped writing after I wrote “Midnight Library.”
I wanted to do something practical rather than just stare blankly at my laptop.
Suddenly, I had the thought that I should go to Ibiza.
A place I swore I would never return to.
But it felt like I was in a completely different island from Ibiza 20 years ago.
I savored the quieter, more healing and magical side of this island.
Then I started researching the seaweed in Ibiza, a vast underwater meadow in the clear waters of the Mediterranean Sea, one of the oldest organisms on Earth.
From then on, the idea started to grow.
A story of transformation, a transformation that borders on metamorphosis, discovering the power of change in unexpected places and ways.
It was a story I wanted to write.
So I wrote it.
And I poured everything into this book.
Thanks to that, I fell in love with this island again, and I was able to fall in love with writing again.
And as cliché as it may sound, life itself.
I hope that feeling is conveyed to you, even if only a little.
“I hope you enjoy reading it.”
* See Matt Hague's full letter: https://naver.me/xs3OPoRf
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 28, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 492 pages | 602g | 138*205*25mm
- ISBN13: 9791168342477
- ISBN10: 1168342473
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