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Book Introduction
If you had chosen B instead of A at some crossroads in the past, if you had chosen C instead of B
How would your life be different from mine?
At every moment of life, we face a crossroads and must choose one side.
Regrets about paths not chosen and self-reproach for wrong choices often weigh us down and hold us back from moving forward.
But life is something that cannot be paused or reset and turned back, even when every step feels burdensome, like carrying a sack of rice.
The question that 『A Fictional Life』 poses on the path of choices that is set up like dominoes is one that no one who has shouldered their share of choices can avoid.
Over 30 years after her debut, author Lee Geum-i has left her mark on the history of Korean children's and youth literature with works such as "You Are a Skyflower, Too," "Eugene and Eugene," and "The Big Stone House in Bamti Village."
The forest of children's and youth literature has become even more lush thanks to the works of Lee Geum-pyo, who delve into the realities faced by children and youth regardless of the era and meld their pain and growth into a dense narrative.
“I still have many stories I want to write,” says author Lee Geum-i, who has never stopped writing and is still expanding her scope.
『A Fictional Life』, which took several years to complete, is a work that marks a significant turning point in Lee Geum's artistic world.
How would your life be different from mine?
At every moment of life, we face a crossroads and must choose one side.
Regrets about paths not chosen and self-reproach for wrong choices often weigh us down and hold us back from moving forward.
But life is something that cannot be paused or reset and turned back, even when every step feels burdensome, like carrying a sack of rice.
The question that 『A Fictional Life』 poses on the path of choices that is set up like dominoes is one that no one who has shouldered their share of choices can avoid.
Over 30 years after her debut, author Lee Geum-i has left her mark on the history of Korean children's and youth literature with works such as "You Are a Skyflower, Too," "Eugene and Eugene," and "The Big Stone House in Bamti Village."
The forest of children's and youth literature has become even more lush thanks to the works of Lee Geum-pyo, who delve into the realities faced by children and youth regardless of the era and meld their pain and growth into a dense narrative.
“I still have many stories I want to write,” says author Lee Geum-i, who has never stopped writing and is still expanding her scope.
『A Fictional Life』, which took several years to complete, is a work that marks a significant turning point in Lee Geum's artistic world.
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index
Invitation… … 7
The weight of a sack of rice… … 15
Traveler K … … 41
Bright darkness… … 69
Fictional Records… … 115
Fork in the Road… … 139
The Boundary of Fate… … 163
The living and the dead… … 199
Invitation to Life… … 235
Author's Note … … 254
The weight of a sack of rice… … 15
Traveler K … … 41
Bright darkness… … 69
Fictional Records… … 115
Fork in the Road… … 139
The Boundary of Fate… … 163
The living and the dead… … 199
Invitation to Life… … 235
Author's Note … … 254
Into the book
The sacks of rice loaded on the carrier were also merciless.
On the uphill, he would hold onto the top and make it difficult for me to fall, and on the downhill, he would push me on my back and make me fall.
And on the flat ground, he put all his strength into his two legs.
Riding a bike with luggage was like his life, one without freebies or luck.
At that time, Sangman, who was eighteen years old, seemed to be around the age of his maternal uncle.
--- p.17
K is a traveler.
If travel is a profession chosen voluntarily, then travelers are people for whom it is their destiny.
Like most people, K didn't initially realize that he was destined to be a traveler.
K's first travel experience was when he was fifteen years old.
--- p.49
People always live by making choices.
There is probably no one who does not have some regret or resentment about the path they did not choose or take.
Even if I knew about another life, even if I saw it, there was nothing I could do.
But I was still too foolish to give up.
As you become more comfortable with the traveler's life, you may find yourself seeking ways to intervene in the fate of other worlds.
--- p.66
K lit the lighter before changing his mind.
The flame flickered its tongue as if tempting.
As soon as K lit the fire, the letter disappeared without leaving even ashes.
Instead, countless 'roads not taken' lay ahead of K.
--- p.66
I had some worn-out trousers hanging around, but they didn't fit, so I couldn't borrow them.
If you wear fake pants, your outfit will be just like an empty shell.
Thanks to his fictional writing, he wins an award, gets to know Eun-ju, agrees to interview her, and wears his clothes to the interview.
But Sangman's bitterness did not last long.
--- p.88
"What's the difference between 11:59:59 PM on December 31, 1999, and 12:01 AM on January 1, 2000? And yet, they keep talking as if something drastic could happen in those one or two seconds.
“There’s chaos everywhere, people are saying they’ll die… … .”
Heo-gu did not agree with what Sang-man said while getting heated up.
“Well? One or two seconds makes a huge difference.
“Your fate could change in those one or two seconds.” --- p.190
Sangman realized that he and Heogu were very similar.
The circumstances and circumstances may have been different, but the inner wounds that could not be easily revealed were the same.
But the way the wound was covered was different.
Fiction, like its name, wandered through the world of fiction without taking root anywhere, while Sangman lived desperately trying to take root on the rock built on lies.
On the uphill, he would hold onto the top and make it difficult for me to fall, and on the downhill, he would push me on my back and make me fall.
And on the flat ground, he put all his strength into his two legs.
Riding a bike with luggage was like his life, one without freebies or luck.
At that time, Sangman, who was eighteen years old, seemed to be around the age of his maternal uncle.
--- p.17
K is a traveler.
If travel is a profession chosen voluntarily, then travelers are people for whom it is their destiny.
Like most people, K didn't initially realize that he was destined to be a traveler.
K's first travel experience was when he was fifteen years old.
--- p.49
People always live by making choices.
There is probably no one who does not have some regret or resentment about the path they did not choose or take.
Even if I knew about another life, even if I saw it, there was nothing I could do.
But I was still too foolish to give up.
As you become more comfortable with the traveler's life, you may find yourself seeking ways to intervene in the fate of other worlds.
--- p.66
K lit the lighter before changing his mind.
The flame flickered its tongue as if tempting.
As soon as K lit the fire, the letter disappeared without leaving even ashes.
Instead, countless 'roads not taken' lay ahead of K.
--- p.66
I had some worn-out trousers hanging around, but they didn't fit, so I couldn't borrow them.
If you wear fake pants, your outfit will be just like an empty shell.
Thanks to his fictional writing, he wins an award, gets to know Eun-ju, agrees to interview her, and wears his clothes to the interview.
But Sangman's bitterness did not last long.
--- p.88
"What's the difference between 11:59:59 PM on December 31, 1999, and 12:01 AM on January 1, 2000? And yet, they keep talking as if something drastic could happen in those one or two seconds.
“There’s chaos everywhere, people are saying they’ll die… … .”
Heo-gu did not agree with what Sang-man said while getting heated up.
“Well? One or two seconds makes a huge difference.
“Your fate could change in those one or two seconds.” --- p.190
Sangman realized that he and Heogu were very similar.
The circumstances and circumstances may have been different, but the inner wounds that could not be easily revealed were the same.
But the way the wound was covered was different.
Fiction, like its name, wandered through the world of fiction without taking root anywhere, while Sangman lived desperately trying to take root on the rock built on lies.
--- p.250
Publisher's Review
“People think they only live one life,
Actually, it would be more accurate to say that we only know one life.”
The year is 1988.
Sangman, a high school student, lives with his uncle who runs a rice shop.
For him, who had to study in his spare time while delivering rice without any family to lean on when times were tough, even having a friend to confide in felt like a luxury, until 'Heogu' transferred to the school.
Heo-gu is a boy who lives in a fancy two-story house, finds his mom and dad's overflowing love annoying, and at school, he spends money lavishly, telling all sorts of war stories that are either true or false.
Sangman begins to experience changes in his stubborn life as he becomes close to a fictional character he has no connection with through a chance encounter.
As I gradually became accustomed to living in a fictional house where everything was abundant, I began to share the love of my fictional parents, and I began to study while sitting at a fictional desk in a fictional room and writing in a fictional reference book.
In the end, Sangman ends up winning a prize in a contest by adding his name to the note "Traveler K" that Heogu wrote in his notebook.
If we borrow fiction like this, won't we end up becoming empty shells?
The bitterness that suddenly came didn't last long.
The content of the article, "Traveler," which claims that Fiction can travel to parallel worlds, was also simply dismissed as "a story made up by a liar."
As time passed, in 2019, a post titled ‘Invitation’ was posted on the Gyeongil High School reunion band.
The invitation written by the nickname 'Traveler' was a fake death notice, and the person who posted it was none other than Sangman.
What happened to Sangman and Heogu over the past 30 years?
The life of Sang-man, who changed direction after meeting Heo-gu, and the truth of Heo-gu, who lived carrying a secret that no one knew about, begin to unfold.
“I was still alive and so much was possible.”
Into a life that cannot be stopped or reset at any moment
In this work, the author depicts the entire lives of two seemingly contrasting people, Sangman and Heogu, while incorporating the fantasy element of a journey to a parallel world.
The suspenseful plot, which transcends the boundaries between life and death, fiction and truth, past and present, and the real and virtual worlds, immediately draws readers into the story, and the shocking twist that awaits at the end of the narrative, built with solid sentences filled with deep insight, provides yet another surprise.
『A Life of Fiction』, which begins with a funeral invitation announcing a fictional death that comes out of the blue like a dark joke, invites us into a true “life.”
And readers who choose this book are asked to make a choice again while reading the book.
Will you become 'Traveler K', wandering in a fictional world made up of paths you have not taken?
Will you reluctantly walk on, armed with fiction, longing for the lives of others and regretting your own?
Experiencing the lives of two people who run on the polar opposites of fiction and fantasy will provide a test drive to consider the choices we will make at the countless crossroads that lie ahead.
I will also tell myself that I can be a little more forgiving as I move forward, bearing the weight of that choice.
This is because 『Life of Fiction』 is a work born from a desire for warmth that can embrace all beings.
“What kind of adult do you think you are, teacher?”
Something inside me stirred for a moment when I heard a question that wasn't even on the previous exam questions or the expected questions.
(…) The question, ‘What kind of adult am I?’ became the fermenter for a story that had been in my heart for a long time.
Every child in the world deserves to be respected and loved simply for who they are.
(…) What if there was an adult who could correct the fictional situation, an adult who could tell Sangman that it wasn’t his fault?
Watching their lives also gave me time to reflect on myself as an adult.
I felt embarrassed and sorry the whole time.
_From the author's note
Even if we make mistakes, even if we are filled with regret, there is still a road ahead of us that has not yet been taken.
It is up to us who have closed the book to choose with what mindset we will proceed.
Because “there is still so much possible while we are alive.”
Actually, it would be more accurate to say that we only know one life.”
The year is 1988.
Sangman, a high school student, lives with his uncle who runs a rice shop.
For him, who had to study in his spare time while delivering rice without any family to lean on when times were tough, even having a friend to confide in felt like a luxury, until 'Heogu' transferred to the school.
Heo-gu is a boy who lives in a fancy two-story house, finds his mom and dad's overflowing love annoying, and at school, he spends money lavishly, telling all sorts of war stories that are either true or false.
Sangman begins to experience changes in his stubborn life as he becomes close to a fictional character he has no connection with through a chance encounter.
As I gradually became accustomed to living in a fictional house where everything was abundant, I began to share the love of my fictional parents, and I began to study while sitting at a fictional desk in a fictional room and writing in a fictional reference book.
In the end, Sangman ends up winning a prize in a contest by adding his name to the note "Traveler K" that Heogu wrote in his notebook.
If we borrow fiction like this, won't we end up becoming empty shells?
The bitterness that suddenly came didn't last long.
The content of the article, "Traveler," which claims that Fiction can travel to parallel worlds, was also simply dismissed as "a story made up by a liar."
As time passed, in 2019, a post titled ‘Invitation’ was posted on the Gyeongil High School reunion band.
The invitation written by the nickname 'Traveler' was a fake death notice, and the person who posted it was none other than Sangman.
What happened to Sangman and Heogu over the past 30 years?
The life of Sang-man, who changed direction after meeting Heo-gu, and the truth of Heo-gu, who lived carrying a secret that no one knew about, begin to unfold.
“I was still alive and so much was possible.”
Into a life that cannot be stopped or reset at any moment
In this work, the author depicts the entire lives of two seemingly contrasting people, Sangman and Heogu, while incorporating the fantasy element of a journey to a parallel world.
The suspenseful plot, which transcends the boundaries between life and death, fiction and truth, past and present, and the real and virtual worlds, immediately draws readers into the story, and the shocking twist that awaits at the end of the narrative, built with solid sentences filled with deep insight, provides yet another surprise.
『A Life of Fiction』, which begins with a funeral invitation announcing a fictional death that comes out of the blue like a dark joke, invites us into a true “life.”
And readers who choose this book are asked to make a choice again while reading the book.
Will you become 'Traveler K', wandering in a fictional world made up of paths you have not taken?
Will you reluctantly walk on, armed with fiction, longing for the lives of others and regretting your own?
Experiencing the lives of two people who run on the polar opposites of fiction and fantasy will provide a test drive to consider the choices we will make at the countless crossroads that lie ahead.
I will also tell myself that I can be a little more forgiving as I move forward, bearing the weight of that choice.
This is because 『Life of Fiction』 is a work born from a desire for warmth that can embrace all beings.
“What kind of adult do you think you are, teacher?”
Something inside me stirred for a moment when I heard a question that wasn't even on the previous exam questions or the expected questions.
(…) The question, ‘What kind of adult am I?’ became the fermenter for a story that had been in my heart for a long time.
Every child in the world deserves to be respected and loved simply for who they are.
(…) What if there was an adult who could correct the fictional situation, an adult who could tell Sangman that it wasn’t his fault?
Watching their lives also gave me time to reflect on myself as an adult.
I felt embarrassed and sorry the whole time.
_From the author's note
Even if we make mistakes, even if we are filled with regret, there is still a road ahead of us that has not yet been taken.
It is up to us who have closed the book to choose with what mindset we will proceed.
Because “there is still so much possible while we are alive.”
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Publication date: October 29, 2019
- Format: Paperback book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 256 pages | 396g | 140*205*16mm
- ISBN13: 9788954658263
- ISBN10: 8954658261
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