Teddy bears don't die
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Book Introduction
“I will live with that salvation.
how much is this?"
"Teddy Bears Don't Die" is the third full-length novel by author Jo Ye-eun, who has created the world of "Jo Ye-eun World," a world of chilling yet lighthearted horror thrillers such as "Cocktail, Love, Zombie" and "New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre."
The setting of this work is Yamusi in 2025, a city that has undergone extensive redevelopment projects.
Three years ago, in the largest and most luxurious apartment complex in Yamusi, 'Cedar View Park Yamusi', an incident occurred where nine people died after eating poisoned rice cakes in a random terrorist attack.
Hwa-young, who lost her mother in this incident and ended up living in the gloomy Rainbow Apartment, also known as “Yamu’s Chatroom,” says, “Sometimes money can be a salvation.
And he desperately saves money, relying on the saying, “I can make the impossible possible.”
One day, Hwa-young falls for a trick that promises a big payday and ends up in a desperate situation. A teddy bear holding an axe appears and saves her…
What is the story behind this moving teddy bear? And will Hwa-young be able to uncover the truth behind her mother's death and achieve revenge?
how much is this?"
"Teddy Bears Don't Die" is the third full-length novel by author Jo Ye-eun, who has created the world of "Jo Ye-eun World," a world of chilling yet lighthearted horror thrillers such as "Cocktail, Love, Zombie" and "New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre."
The setting of this work is Yamusi in 2025, a city that has undergone extensive redevelopment projects.
Three years ago, in the largest and most luxurious apartment complex in Yamusi, 'Cedar View Park Yamusi', an incident occurred where nine people died after eating poisoned rice cakes in a random terrorist attack.
Hwa-young, who lost her mother in this incident and ended up living in the gloomy Rainbow Apartment, also known as “Yamu’s Chatroom,” says, “Sometimes money can be a salvation.
And he desperately saves money, relying on the saying, “I can make the impossible possible.”
One day, Hwa-young falls for a trick that promises a big payday and ends up in a desperate situation. A teddy bear holding an axe appears and saves her…
What is the story behind this moving teddy bear? And will Hwa-young be able to uncover the truth behind her mother's death and achieve revenge?
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index
prolog
1 Teddy bear holding an axe
The history of the two brothers
3 The price of salvation, 2,150 won
4 Demons
5 Let's have a quiz show!
6 Greendong or Yuksadong
7 Dinner in the fire
Epilogue
Author's Note
Producer's Note
1 Teddy bear holding an axe
The history of the two brothers
3 The price of salvation, 2,150 won
4 Demons
5 Let's have a quiz show!
6 Greendong or Yuksadong
7 Dinner in the fire
Epilogue
Author's Note
Producer's Note
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If you don't have money, you can't get revenge.
Of course, it is possible to take out your anger by grabbing an innocent child passing by and slapping him in the face.
But that's something that people who are being avenged do, not people who are seeking revenge.
Therefore, the only thing seventeen-year-old Hwayoung could do right now was to grab hold of money, the new god and weapon of this era.
Money makes the impossible possible.
A story that begins with money can end with money.
As someone had taught her long ago, Hwayoung believed that it was so.
--- p.8
I could see the Rainbow Apartments in the distance, getting closer.
It was a moment when I was passing through a residential area shrouded in darkness.
A noise was felt in a corner of the alley.
Hwayoung turned her head and looked around.
There was a pile of uncollected trash under the yellow streetlight, and hungry stray cats were wandering around it.
It was then that I discovered a round shape leaning slantedly between a pile of garbage and a wall.
Under the streetlight, dark, round eyes sparkled and shone.
Compared to the messy and tangled fur, his eyes were clear.
Hwayoung took a step forward.
The cats surrounding the teddy bear glared at Hwayoung and then moved away.
So, only Hwayoung and the ball of fur remained in the alley.
“Happy Smile Bear.”
Hwayoung muttered the lost name of the teddy bear.
Hwayoung stared at the plastic eyes full of flaws for a long time.
And he stretched out his arms, picked it up, and greeted it out loud.
“Hello? Long time no see.”
--- pp.31~32
I noticed a hatchet lying on the floor.
As if to prove that I had dug in quite deeply, the once chilling day would be completely red.
At the same time, my gaze fell on the object behind the hatchet.
It was clearly standing on two feet.
therefore…….
Happy Smile Bear, Hwayoung's eternal friend.
At that moment, our eyes met.
It couldn't be, but something sparkled inside the black plastic eyeball.
Still, the man screamed and groaned earnestly, like a somewhat noisy background noise.
Hwayoung approached the hatchet so as not to miss the chance of escape given by God.
Then, as if waiting, the clear-eyed Happy Smile Bear walked on two feet and lifted the hatchet with both hands over the pool of blood.
Blood flowed down the handle and stained one of Bear's arms.
The teddy bear handed the hatchet to Hwayoung.
Hwayoung took it without realizing it and asked.
“You saved me?”
The teddy bear nodded.
And spoke in clear human language.
“If you’re going to run away, take me with you.”
--- pp.49~50
“Bear, help me one more time.
Then I will help you too.”
“You’re going to help me?”
"huh.
Anything.
“It wouldn’t be easy to move around freely with that body.”
That was right.
Doha remembered the time he almost became food for a stray cat.
In order to return to my original body, I had to first figure out what had happened to my body after the accident.
The clues would be in the empty memories.
And in the meantime, I needed help anyway.
I decided not to think about the possibility of death.
Well, then the Grim Reaper will come looking for it.
“How can I help you?”
"plural."
Hwayoung answered with a smirk.
--- pp.80~81
“Sometimes money can be a salvation.
And it makes the impossible possible.
“There are experts in many different fields in the world.”
Money, the thing that can save me or kill me.
My mom worked at the Cedarview Park Penthouse because that was the place that paid the most for her time.
The reason why Hwayoung has to bend her back every time she goes to see her mother is because she has no money.
Hwayoung thought of Han Jeong-hyeok's splendid ancestral shrine.
A perfect and luxurious space for mourning.
Hwayoung asked the woman.
“If money can save you, are you a savior?”
The woman answered.
“I’m just an old, calculating woman.”
“Then where should I go to buy salvation?”
The woman's gaze pointed out of the alley.
A construction site stretched out beneath a pink sky, and beyond it, a towering, old apartment building was visible.
Rainbow Apartments.
A troublemaker in Yamusi, where all kinds of criminals and troublemakers gather.
Hwayoung, who was staring at the Rainbow Apartments that stood like a mirage in the distance as if possessed, shouted at the woman.
“I will live with that salvation.
how much is this?"
Of course, it is possible to take out your anger by grabbing an innocent child passing by and slapping him in the face.
But that's something that people who are being avenged do, not people who are seeking revenge.
Therefore, the only thing seventeen-year-old Hwayoung could do right now was to grab hold of money, the new god and weapon of this era.
Money makes the impossible possible.
A story that begins with money can end with money.
As someone had taught her long ago, Hwayoung believed that it was so.
--- p.8
I could see the Rainbow Apartments in the distance, getting closer.
It was a moment when I was passing through a residential area shrouded in darkness.
A noise was felt in a corner of the alley.
Hwayoung turned her head and looked around.
There was a pile of uncollected trash under the yellow streetlight, and hungry stray cats were wandering around it.
It was then that I discovered a round shape leaning slantedly between a pile of garbage and a wall.
Under the streetlight, dark, round eyes sparkled and shone.
Compared to the messy and tangled fur, his eyes were clear.
Hwayoung took a step forward.
The cats surrounding the teddy bear glared at Hwayoung and then moved away.
So, only Hwayoung and the ball of fur remained in the alley.
“Happy Smile Bear.”
Hwayoung muttered the lost name of the teddy bear.
Hwayoung stared at the plastic eyes full of flaws for a long time.
And he stretched out his arms, picked it up, and greeted it out loud.
“Hello? Long time no see.”
--- pp.31~32
I noticed a hatchet lying on the floor.
As if to prove that I had dug in quite deeply, the once chilling day would be completely red.
At the same time, my gaze fell on the object behind the hatchet.
It was clearly standing on two feet.
therefore…….
Happy Smile Bear, Hwayoung's eternal friend.
At that moment, our eyes met.
It couldn't be, but something sparkled inside the black plastic eyeball.
Still, the man screamed and groaned earnestly, like a somewhat noisy background noise.
Hwayoung approached the hatchet so as not to miss the chance of escape given by God.
Then, as if waiting, the clear-eyed Happy Smile Bear walked on two feet and lifted the hatchet with both hands over the pool of blood.
Blood flowed down the handle and stained one of Bear's arms.
The teddy bear handed the hatchet to Hwayoung.
Hwayoung took it without realizing it and asked.
“You saved me?”
The teddy bear nodded.
And spoke in clear human language.
“If you’re going to run away, take me with you.”
--- pp.49~50
“Bear, help me one more time.
Then I will help you too.”
“You’re going to help me?”
"huh.
Anything.
“It wouldn’t be easy to move around freely with that body.”
That was right.
Doha remembered the time he almost became food for a stray cat.
In order to return to my original body, I had to first figure out what had happened to my body after the accident.
The clues would be in the empty memories.
And in the meantime, I needed help anyway.
I decided not to think about the possibility of death.
Well, then the Grim Reaper will come looking for it.
“How can I help you?”
"plural."
Hwayoung answered with a smirk.
--- pp.80~81
“Sometimes money can be a salvation.
And it makes the impossible possible.
“There are experts in many different fields in the world.”
Money, the thing that can save me or kill me.
My mom worked at the Cedarview Park Penthouse because that was the place that paid the most for her time.
The reason why Hwayoung has to bend her back every time she goes to see her mother is because she has no money.
Hwayoung thought of Han Jeong-hyeok's splendid ancestral shrine.
A perfect and luxurious space for mourning.
Hwayoung asked the woman.
“If money can save you, are you a savior?”
The woman answered.
“I’m just an old, calculating woman.”
“Then where should I go to buy salvation?”
The woman's gaze pointed out of the alley.
A construction site stretched out beneath a pink sky, and beyond it, a towering, old apartment building was visible.
Rainbow Apartments.
A troublemaker in Yamusi, where all kinds of criminals and troublemakers gather.
Hwayoung, who was staring at the Rainbow Apartments that stood like a mirage in the distance as if possessed, shouted at the woman.
“I will live with that salvation.
how much is this?"
--- pp.126~127
Publisher's Review
A horror youth romance by author Jo Ye-eun of 『Cocktail, Love, Zombies』 and 『New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre』!
A girl who dreams of revenge and greed for money, and a boy who wanders the streets in search of a reason for existence.
A true story of revenge, driven by two children united by a strong will to never give up.
Yamusi in 2025, a city that has changed significantly due to extensive redevelopment projects.
Three years ago, in the largest and most luxurious apartment complex in Yamusi, 'Cedar View Park Yamusi', an incident occurred where nine people died after eating poisoned rice cakes in a random terrorist attack.
In this incident, Hwa-young, who had lost her mother and was in deep despair and sorrow, had lost her family to rely on and her purpose in life, had these words that came down to her like salvation.
“Sometimes money can be a salvation.
And he makes the impossible possible.” 20 million won, the money needed to take revenge, find salvation, find out the truth, and achieve one’s goals efficiently.
Hwayoung, who had been living in the gloomy Rainbow Apartment, known as the 'Yamu's Chatroom', for a cheap monthly rent, did not hesitate to lie and ran only for 20 million won.
Then one day, Hwa-young, who lost all her jobs at once, decides to go 'fishing' because she cannot resist the promise of making a lot of money and the threat of raising the rent if she does not cooperate.
Fishing is the practice of luring people into anonymous second-hand trading sites or random chat rooms using young people as bait, threatening them, and extorting money.
Hwa-young had been steadfastly refusing to go fishing for fear of being caught up in a crime and ruining her revenge, but in this desperate situation, she had no other choice.
A teddy bear, Happy Smile Bear, suddenly appears in front of Hwayoung.
Back when Happy Smile Bear was all the rage, Hwayoung would spend her time sewing eyes onto the teddy bears her mother brought home as a side job.
The only thing that welcomed Hwayoung back to the empty room after losing her mother was the plastic eyes of the Happy Smile Bear, the only one left.
So Hwayoung couldn't turn away from the old, worn-out teddy bear abandoned under the streetlight.
But who would have thought that teddy bear would be a lifesaver! Hwayoung, who had gone fishing, realized it the moment she encountered her target in her hotel room.
That he was not bait for robbery, but a victim of human trafficking.
In the midst of the chaos, trying to somehow escape the predicament, "Hwayoung's eternal friend, Happy Smile Bear," swung an axe and knocked the man down! A talking, moving teddy bear? A teddy bear wielding a weapon? Was this a dream? The teddy bear spoke to the dumbfounded Hwayoung.
“This is not a dream.”
“Two people who have a big hole somewhere
“A story about filling each other’s holes with flesh, blood, and cotton balls”_From the author’s note
The author, who has built a unique 'Jo Ye-eun World' through works such as 'Cocktail, Love, Zombie' and 'New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre', has returned with the full-length novel 'Teddy Bears Don't Die', which mixes youth romance with horror thriller.
The protagonist, Hwayoung, desperately tries to save money for revenge, but ends up in a situation where she almost dies from human trafficking.
The one who saved Hwayoung was none other than the teddy bear, Happy Smile Bear.
No, to be exact, it's a teddy bear possessed by a spirit.
The core narrative of this novel is the story of Hwa-young, who has lost her purpose in life other than revenge, and Do-ha, who survived but lost her body because she could not find the reason for her survival.
Yamu, the setting of the work, is a provincial city that has been completely transformed by a redevelopment project and is a place filled with capitalist desires.
Doha's father, who became incredibly wealthy based on the city's real estate, a broker who makes money by exploiting runaway youth, a killer who will commit any murder for money...
In this city filled with the endless greed of adults, the only places for children without guardians to go are abandoned apartments and the streets.
Children who are forced into a reality where there are no answers and no future are left with no choice but to either steal money from adults to dream of some kind of salvation or sell or give up their lives, which no one seems to want.
But isn't the amazing charm of 'Jo Ye-eun's World' that it makes us hope for hope and a happy ending in such a desperate reality?
In this novel, the two children, who are the main characters, decide to save each other and take action.
Do-ha helps Hwa-young get revenge, and Hwa-young helps find Do-ha's lost body.
As the two children's fearless challenges unfold in a thrilling manner, the dark truth about Yamu, who was oppressed by the dazzling new building and apartment, is gradually revealed, leading readers to a conclusion that leaves them unable to predict even an inch ahead.
A girl who dreams of revenge and greed for money, and a boy who wanders the streets in search of a reason for existence.
A true story of revenge, driven by two children united by a strong will to never give up.
Yamusi in 2025, a city that has changed significantly due to extensive redevelopment projects.
Three years ago, in the largest and most luxurious apartment complex in Yamusi, 'Cedar View Park Yamusi', an incident occurred where nine people died after eating poisoned rice cakes in a random terrorist attack.
In this incident, Hwa-young, who had lost her mother and was in deep despair and sorrow, had lost her family to rely on and her purpose in life, had these words that came down to her like salvation.
“Sometimes money can be a salvation.
And he makes the impossible possible.” 20 million won, the money needed to take revenge, find salvation, find out the truth, and achieve one’s goals efficiently.
Hwayoung, who had been living in the gloomy Rainbow Apartment, known as the 'Yamu's Chatroom', for a cheap monthly rent, did not hesitate to lie and ran only for 20 million won.
Then one day, Hwa-young, who lost all her jobs at once, decides to go 'fishing' because she cannot resist the promise of making a lot of money and the threat of raising the rent if she does not cooperate.
Fishing is the practice of luring people into anonymous second-hand trading sites or random chat rooms using young people as bait, threatening them, and extorting money.
Hwa-young had been steadfastly refusing to go fishing for fear of being caught up in a crime and ruining her revenge, but in this desperate situation, she had no other choice.
A teddy bear, Happy Smile Bear, suddenly appears in front of Hwayoung.
Back when Happy Smile Bear was all the rage, Hwayoung would spend her time sewing eyes onto the teddy bears her mother brought home as a side job.
The only thing that welcomed Hwayoung back to the empty room after losing her mother was the plastic eyes of the Happy Smile Bear, the only one left.
So Hwayoung couldn't turn away from the old, worn-out teddy bear abandoned under the streetlight.
But who would have thought that teddy bear would be a lifesaver! Hwayoung, who had gone fishing, realized it the moment she encountered her target in her hotel room.
That he was not bait for robbery, but a victim of human trafficking.
In the midst of the chaos, trying to somehow escape the predicament, "Hwayoung's eternal friend, Happy Smile Bear," swung an axe and knocked the man down! A talking, moving teddy bear? A teddy bear wielding a weapon? Was this a dream? The teddy bear spoke to the dumbfounded Hwayoung.
“This is not a dream.”
“Two people who have a big hole somewhere
“A story about filling each other’s holes with flesh, blood, and cotton balls”_From the author’s note
The author, who has built a unique 'Jo Ye-eun World' through works such as 'Cocktail, Love, Zombie' and 'New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre', has returned with the full-length novel 'Teddy Bears Don't Die', which mixes youth romance with horror thriller.
The protagonist, Hwayoung, desperately tries to save money for revenge, but ends up in a situation where she almost dies from human trafficking.
The one who saved Hwayoung was none other than the teddy bear, Happy Smile Bear.
No, to be exact, it's a teddy bear possessed by a spirit.
The core narrative of this novel is the story of Hwa-young, who has lost her purpose in life other than revenge, and Do-ha, who survived but lost her body because she could not find the reason for her survival.
Yamu, the setting of the work, is a provincial city that has been completely transformed by a redevelopment project and is a place filled with capitalist desires.
Doha's father, who became incredibly wealthy based on the city's real estate, a broker who makes money by exploiting runaway youth, a killer who will commit any murder for money...
In this city filled with the endless greed of adults, the only places for children without guardians to go are abandoned apartments and the streets.
Children who are forced into a reality where there are no answers and no future are left with no choice but to either steal money from adults to dream of some kind of salvation or sell or give up their lives, which no one seems to want.
But isn't the amazing charm of 'Jo Ye-eun's World' that it makes us hope for hope and a happy ending in such a desperate reality?
In this novel, the two children, who are the main characters, decide to save each other and take action.
Do-ha helps Hwa-young get revenge, and Hwa-young helps find Do-ha's lost body.
As the two children's fearless challenges unfold in a thrilling manner, the dark truth about Yamu, who was oppressed by the dazzling new building and apartment, is gradually revealed, leading readers to a conclusion that leaves them unable to predict even an inch ahead.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 9, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 364 pages | 410g | 128*195*30mm
- ISBN13: 9791193024225
- ISBN10: 1193024226
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