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Book Introduction
To those with their eyes closed, it may seem like a time of peace, but to those with their eyes open, it is dark and harsh. This is the state of our society today.
An era where most people turn a blind eye to the truth and say nothing.
This book is a collection of essays by novelist Kim Gyu-na, who bravely speaks the truth in these times and speaks with a voice of hope, speaking on behalf of 'us' to say what we want to say.
As the author said, even in this reality, there have always been people who silently chose the truth.
Those who jump into fire to save others, those who rise bravely from the ashes, those who silently do their part even when the sky falls, they tirelessly leap toward a free world beyond the despair before their eyes, becoming beacons of light for a world lost and wandering.
As I read this book, I get the feeling that author Kim Gyu-na herself is a being who has overcome hardships and is reaching out to the world with her writing, offering comfort and a helping hand.
Since publishing her first full-length novel, “Trust Me,” in 2017, author Kim Gyu-na has earned the consistent love and trust of readers.
This book is a compilation of the author's series "A World Like a Novel," which was serialized in the Chosun Ilbo for six years starting in 2019.
As the title suggests, the author, who has observed and analyzed the world through the spectrum of novels, emphasizes that novels are literature that borrows fiction to tell the truth, not to fabricate lies.
The author did not forget to mention that he believes that the wisdom of life lies in literature, quoting the saying, "Ordinary people live one life, but those who read novels live tens of thousands of lives."
Author Kim Gyu-na consistently speaks of hope while also raising a critical voice toward the dizzying world.
He also expressed his hope that this book would give some people the strength to stand up in times of difficulty and the courage to choose the truth in the face of lies and injustice, and that the novel would beautifully refine and fragrantly cultivate the lives and souls of each reader.
The key words in this book are truth and hope.
As readers seek answers to life's fundamental questions in the novels of these accomplished writers, they will experience the soul and dignity transcended into literature. In the process, truth and hope will naturally reach each individual reader.
An era where most people turn a blind eye to the truth and say nothing.
This book is a collection of essays by novelist Kim Gyu-na, who bravely speaks the truth in these times and speaks with a voice of hope, speaking on behalf of 'us' to say what we want to say.
As the author said, even in this reality, there have always been people who silently chose the truth.
Those who jump into fire to save others, those who rise bravely from the ashes, those who silently do their part even when the sky falls, they tirelessly leap toward a free world beyond the despair before their eyes, becoming beacons of light for a world lost and wandering.
As I read this book, I get the feeling that author Kim Gyu-na herself is a being who has overcome hardships and is reaching out to the world with her writing, offering comfort and a helping hand.
Since publishing her first full-length novel, “Trust Me,” in 2017, author Kim Gyu-na has earned the consistent love and trust of readers.
This book is a compilation of the author's series "A World Like a Novel," which was serialized in the Chosun Ilbo for six years starting in 2019.
As the title suggests, the author, who has observed and analyzed the world through the spectrum of novels, emphasizes that novels are literature that borrows fiction to tell the truth, not to fabricate lies.
The author did not forget to mention that he believes that the wisdom of life lies in literature, quoting the saying, "Ordinary people live one life, but those who read novels live tens of thousands of lives."
Author Kim Gyu-na consistently speaks of hope while also raising a critical voice toward the dizzying world.
He also expressed his hope that this book would give some people the strength to stand up in times of difficulty and the courage to choose the truth in the face of lies and injustice, and that the novel would beautifully refine and fragrantly cultivate the lives and souls of each reader.
The key words in this book are truth and hope.
As readers seek answers to life's fundamental questions in the novels of these accomplished writers, they will experience the soul and dignity transcended into literature. In the process, truth and hope will naturally reach each individual reader.
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Author's Note
Chapter 1: The Stars Shine Brightly in the Night Sky (2019)
001 False heroes and the bodyguard's machine gun / 002 Why are cherry blossoms cherry blossoms? / 003 Beauty does not burn away / 004 Be free, leave them alone / 005 The happiness of having a home to return to / 006 The only thing life asks of us / 007 The teacher is lower down / 008 Couples, the most frightening enemy when the heart leaves / 009 If you were not born in this country / 010 Things you must let go of in the flowing river / 011 Responsibility, another name for love / 012 The cannibalistic society called communism / 013 What aspect of me will you love? / 014 The reason for a trivial breakup / 015 Your meaning in the last drink / 016 Revenge only brings pain / 017 We need a heart that embraces the sun / 018 Love for the unknown, fear caused by ignorance / 019 The forest of November viewed in August / 020 Are you a fool or a free man? / 021 For a life that is not defeated / 022 The kidney law of life / 023 The mountain of power that suffocates reason / 024 How long can your nose become? / 025 A toast to the leader / 026 The miracle that defeated the witch / 027 People who try to put out the spark of truth / 028 A frog that bloates its belly in front of a bull / 029 The greatest evil a leader dreams of / 030 The pleasure of notoriety and its end / 031 The precious mission given to adults / 032 The cruelty of those in power who decide life and death / 033 The preciousness of ordinary daily life / 034 The me that I must truly love / 035 People who do not know how to think / 036 The tragedy brought about by passion like a fleeting cloud / 037 If I had suppressed my temper / 038 The stars shine brightly in the dark night sky
Chapter 2: If You Have One Love in Your Heart (2020)
039 There is no pain that only I experience / 040 At the crossroads of creation and destruction / 041 Say I love you right now / 042 That man's mustache / 043 The era of Corona, worse than cholera / 044 Thinking also requires practice / 045 I don't know, but I don't know / 046 Why isn't our pain yours? / 047 The youth of this land and the frog in the well / 048 A country I've never experienced / 049 The noise of the times and the trot craze / 050 Things humans shouldn't do / 051 Another face of death / 052 The blue sky has returned / 053 Why do you want to be a member of the National Assembly? / 054 A world for the dead / 055 The trap of lies / 056 The loneliness of a day when half a life was buried in the ground / 057 The correlation between the voice calling for justice and greed / 058 The lesson left behind by a suicide / 059 Because I can't have more Fortunately / 060 What matters is not color, but life / 061 Children, guests who came to visit by borrowing the bodies of their parents / 062 People who have no honor to protect / 063 The last wish of the person who chose them / 064 Heroes must be reborn as legends / 065 Individuality that cannot be hidden by a mask / 066 Where are truth and joy? / 067 Sartre, who believed the Korean War was a provocation by South Korea / 068 If you are afraid of being alone / 069 The gift of misfortune and pain / 070 The cruelty of a world without freedom / 071 Couples, creating their own myths / 072 Great things are in everyday life / 073 Love that must be let go when the time comes / 074 Shameless people / 075 Why do they not protect the people? / 076 A regime born in the square, I am afraid of the square / 077 People who love their enemies as their masters / 078 Conscience that disappears when power is gained / 079 No one's death Do not take it lightly / 080 Arrogant prejudice about the house / 081 The greatest power to overcome lies / 082 Do you want to change an unjust world? / 083 The tyranny of the law is how it destroys individuals / 084 The people are not goblin clubs / 085 Will there be light when you pass through a dark street? / 086 Thank you, leader, for giving me a new house / 087 The freedom of the government is unlimited, the freedom of the people is unnecessary / 088 Hope becomes reality only when despair ripens.
Chapter 3: Positivity Brings Miracles (2021)
089 A New Year that comes true if you dream and work hard / 090 I hope you clear the snow well / 091 If you have given up on words and thoughts, you have surrendered / 092 People who force sharing / 093 A song of a sad country / 094 How those who should follow the law turn away / 095 Worry brings anxiety, positivity brings miracles / 096 Lies are the root of ten thousand sins / 097 If old age is to become humility and wisdom / 098 The agony of the monk who burned down the main hall / 099 Our real hero / 100 The people are sinners, prices and taxes are fines / 101 Having a sense of crisis comes first / 102 The words of a politician who needs an interpreter / 103 It is the turn of old-fashioned politicians to answer / 104 Why does control keep increasing / 105 When an unqualified person sits in the cockpit / 106 The 'petty and embarrassing' lawsuit of those in power / 107 The people want to trust the police / 108 Is selling Kim Il-sung's memoirs freedom of publication? / 109 Kneel before the veterans / 110 Mirrors, selfies, and autobiographies / 111 The sudden resignation of the Chief of Staff, too soon / 112 Safety put on the back burner, only eager to show off / 113 Dad's chance and creative support funds / 114 Politicians and Dorian Gray syndrome / 115 X-files and the last survivor / 116 People who like Corona / 117 Diplomacy, knowing it or not, and not being able to do it because you don't know / 118 The truth is always like a boomerang / 119 A gentleman's dignity shines brighter than a gold medal / 120 The Western Front, is everything really okay? / 121 A country chasing Afghanistan / 122 The Ministry of Justice's 'Umbrella Man', our self-portrait / 123 Not 'people first', but 'people first' / 124 The reason for chasing Moby Dick / 125 Can you win people with money and own the world? / 126 If you are in power, be like Oedipus / 127 People who never fall / 128 The people who have become Alice in Wonderland / 129 Science goes to space, politics is degenerating / 130 The theory of washing dishes and the people's pong pong group / 131 Elections, another way to control society / 132 The daughter of the most powerful person lives at her parents' house / 133 I hate the Communist Party too / 134 Two former presidents who have no land to bury / 135 Why do they force vaccinations? / 136 Let's return the name Dalnim to the sky / 137 The world of politics is more mysterious than a detective novel / 138 The end of the year when worry comes before hope
Chapter 4: Today is the Beginning of a Better Tomorrow (2022)
139 In an age of anxiety and disconnection, with a tiger-like instinct / 140 Will we become Frankenstein? / 141 Why the world doesn't collapse / 142 Giving gifts and getting slapped / 143 Too many tax thieves / 144 More important than COVID-19 prevention / 145 Because we wait for a better tomorrow / 146 War, are we safe? / 147 Before the night of the election counting / 148 Feng Shui and the Blue House / 149 The hell that corrupt politicians go to / 150 The flood of death, who is responsible? / 151 The One Ring and the awl and the cleaver / 152 The magician and the magician and Marcona / 153 Insurance murder and the complete inspection / 154 The legislative dictatorship of the people's will / 155 The era of praise is gone / 156 Laws and politics that are lenient on sex crimes / 157 The spirit of June, more precious than the spirit of May / 158 Old age without grandchildren / 159 Ex-convicts are members of the National Assembly, ordinary people are potential criminals / 160 Idiot box TV and smart smartphones / 161 False causes and personal truth / 162 Movies and dramas, no more swearing / 163 Drug addicts who worked at the Blue House / 164 Was there a will to protect the Constitution? / 165 Euthanasia of dogs and summary execution of North Korean defectors / 166 Sand graves and virtual reality / 167 Responsibility for the 5-year-old school admission policy / 168 Seoul's first flood in 100 years and popular dramas / 169 A hall of intellect without conscience / 170 Boring apologies and the evolution of language / 171 A thief's excuse / 172 A game of thrones without a king / 173 The leniency of the law that invites secondary crimes / 174 The power that lays golden eggs / 175 A society with dead education / 176 Pilots and engineers / 177 The duties of retired public officials / 178 The place where beautiful people stayed / 179 The Sword Dance of Lies and Truth / 180 The Reason for Repeated Provocations / 181 Be Thankful for Free Love? / 182 Cursing Priests / 183 The World Calls Lies Politics / 184 The World Cup and the Red Shout / 185 Why We Must Teach Freedom / 186 The Miracle of Christmas / 187 The Qualifications of a Politician: Selfishness and Self-centeredness
Chapter 5: Like a Boat Finding a Lighthouse in the Night Sea (2023)
188 Attention and the Never-ending Fight / 189 The Truth and Lies of a Cellist / 190 Don't Underestimate the Law! / 191 A Spy Living in a Warm Country / 192 An 'Act of Governance' That Would Startle Even Ghosts / 193 Lies, Politics, and Novels / 194 Why We Must Demand Good Politics / 195 Are Members of the National Assembly More Equal Than the Citizens? / 196 A World Without Children / 197 Fake Protagonists, Real Protagonists / 198 Spring! Let's take off the mask / 199 People who exploit others' feelings / 200 The confidence of ordinary people, the inferiority complex of politicians / 201 The boomerang of petty politics / 202 Is TV in public places just a service? / 203 The golden age of revenge dramas / 204 The monkey who became king / 205 Bribery even if it doesn't pay for a month's food / 206 Suicide, self-murder, not a choice / 207 Movies that succeed despite small audiences / 208 Even incompetent politicians are already Buddhas today / 209 Movies, either tearing down the world or raising it up / 210 A group of thieves who steal taxpayer money called civic groups / 211 Public broadcasting that doesn't even know give and take / 212 Flies that want to go ten thousand miles on a horse's butt / 213 Horror stories born and raised by politicians / 214 Protect the cradle without the right to vote / 215 Tell North Korea about the 'dirty peace' / 216 An invitation to immortality / 217 A society governed by local autonomy, for civil servants, and based on taxes and punishment / 218 'Cunning Angels' protecting spies / 219 Why crime thrives / 220 Is crime the source of success and wealth? / 221 People who hope to reap what they have not sown / 222 If you plan to cut a piece of radish and put it in a sheath / 223 The father of Korean semiconductors / 224 A hunger striker who doesn't know the law / 225 People who are crazy about political idols / 226 The political leanings of judges / 227 Trite patriotism, shameless treason / 228 A failing student who falsified grades, the National Election Commission / 229 Korea, a country that loves Joseon, the people, and democracy / 230 A court that has lost its authority in the face of power / 231 The ID of innovation, 'Gwangju', the password, '5-18' / 232 A special promotion for a police officer, it changes from time to time / 233 To you who is stepping into a bigger and wider world / 234 Don't Install Females? / 235 The Opposition Party's New Name: "Together Impeachment Party" / 236 Politicians' Korean Misuses / 237 Is Our Society's Democracy Different from North Korea's? / 238 The Diet of Death Row Inmates and Respect for Human Rights
Chapter 6: Slow Waves Change the World (2024-2025)
239 Civil servants' right to rest and public service / 240 If you're being treated unfairly, get promoted / 241 What are you doing now? / 242 People traveling on the secret platform to Pyongyang / 243 A country addicted to the gas released by pro-North Korea forces / 244 A force that slowly but steadily changes the world / 245 Politics, the era of Falstaff's success / 246 If we go together, it becomes violence / 247 Who is the more 'extraordinary person'? / 248 Same-day voting and hand counting are necessary / 249 Who is tearing a hole in the ailing medical system? / 250 Light forgiveness pushes us in a worse direction / 251 Propose a comprehensive special prosecutor's law for the wives of former and current public officials / 252 Filth balloons and the seeds of freedom / 253 A divided nation where those who have not completed their military service yell at the general / 254 A wonderful life, even if sad and unhappy / 255 The world calls those who quickly get promoted thieves / 256 Biting gold medals is now Stop / 257 A politician's lies are a crime / 258 The law on treating former presidents well is an eyesore / 259 A world without gaps will never come / 260 Why do we demand 100 percent approval? / 261 Food, beyond survival to taste and style / 262 Living as the wife of a celebrity / 263 To all the daughters in the world / 264 Applause for the young man who chose engineering school / 265 The emergency exit of prejudice / 266 Like ink soaking into blank paper / 267 Life, a long journey toward something that cannot be caught / 268 People who entrust their fate to a wild rabbit / 269 Choices that create miracles / 270 Nothing in this world is free / 271 Time to face the truth
Chapter 1: The Stars Shine Brightly in the Night Sky (2019)
001 False heroes and the bodyguard's machine gun / 002 Why are cherry blossoms cherry blossoms? / 003 Beauty does not burn away / 004 Be free, leave them alone / 005 The happiness of having a home to return to / 006 The only thing life asks of us / 007 The teacher is lower down / 008 Couples, the most frightening enemy when the heart leaves / 009 If you were not born in this country / 010 Things you must let go of in the flowing river / 011 Responsibility, another name for love / 012 The cannibalistic society called communism / 013 What aspect of me will you love? / 014 The reason for a trivial breakup / 015 Your meaning in the last drink / 016 Revenge only brings pain / 017 We need a heart that embraces the sun / 018 Love for the unknown, fear caused by ignorance / 019 The forest of November viewed in August / 020 Are you a fool or a free man? / 021 For a life that is not defeated / 022 The kidney law of life / 023 The mountain of power that suffocates reason / 024 How long can your nose become? / 025 A toast to the leader / 026 The miracle that defeated the witch / 027 People who try to put out the spark of truth / 028 A frog that bloates its belly in front of a bull / 029 The greatest evil a leader dreams of / 030 The pleasure of notoriety and its end / 031 The precious mission given to adults / 032 The cruelty of those in power who decide life and death / 033 The preciousness of ordinary daily life / 034 The me that I must truly love / 035 People who do not know how to think / 036 The tragedy brought about by passion like a fleeting cloud / 037 If I had suppressed my temper / 038 The stars shine brightly in the dark night sky
Chapter 2: If You Have One Love in Your Heart (2020)
039 There is no pain that only I experience / 040 At the crossroads of creation and destruction / 041 Say I love you right now / 042 That man's mustache / 043 The era of Corona, worse than cholera / 044 Thinking also requires practice / 045 I don't know, but I don't know / 046 Why isn't our pain yours? / 047 The youth of this land and the frog in the well / 048 A country I've never experienced / 049 The noise of the times and the trot craze / 050 Things humans shouldn't do / 051 Another face of death / 052 The blue sky has returned / 053 Why do you want to be a member of the National Assembly? / 054 A world for the dead / 055 The trap of lies / 056 The loneliness of a day when half a life was buried in the ground / 057 The correlation between the voice calling for justice and greed / 058 The lesson left behind by a suicide / 059 Because I can't have more Fortunately / 060 What matters is not color, but life / 061 Children, guests who came to visit by borrowing the bodies of their parents / 062 People who have no honor to protect / 063 The last wish of the person who chose them / 064 Heroes must be reborn as legends / 065 Individuality that cannot be hidden by a mask / 066 Where are truth and joy? / 067 Sartre, who believed the Korean War was a provocation by South Korea / 068 If you are afraid of being alone / 069 The gift of misfortune and pain / 070 The cruelty of a world without freedom / 071 Couples, creating their own myths / 072 Great things are in everyday life / 073 Love that must be let go when the time comes / 074 Shameless people / 075 Why do they not protect the people? / 076 A regime born in the square, I am afraid of the square / 077 People who love their enemies as their masters / 078 Conscience that disappears when power is gained / 079 No one's death Do not take it lightly / 080 Arrogant prejudice about the house / 081 The greatest power to overcome lies / 082 Do you want to change an unjust world? / 083 The tyranny of the law is how it destroys individuals / 084 The people are not goblin clubs / 085 Will there be light when you pass through a dark street? / 086 Thank you, leader, for giving me a new house / 087 The freedom of the government is unlimited, the freedom of the people is unnecessary / 088 Hope becomes reality only when despair ripens.
Chapter 3: Positivity Brings Miracles (2021)
089 A New Year that comes true if you dream and work hard / 090 I hope you clear the snow well / 091 If you have given up on words and thoughts, you have surrendered / 092 People who force sharing / 093 A song of a sad country / 094 How those who should follow the law turn away / 095 Worry brings anxiety, positivity brings miracles / 096 Lies are the root of ten thousand sins / 097 If old age is to become humility and wisdom / 098 The agony of the monk who burned down the main hall / 099 Our real hero / 100 The people are sinners, prices and taxes are fines / 101 Having a sense of crisis comes first / 102 The words of a politician who needs an interpreter / 103 It is the turn of old-fashioned politicians to answer / 104 Why does control keep increasing / 105 When an unqualified person sits in the cockpit / 106 The 'petty and embarrassing' lawsuit of those in power / 107 The people want to trust the police / 108 Is selling Kim Il-sung's memoirs freedom of publication? / 109 Kneel before the veterans / 110 Mirrors, selfies, and autobiographies / 111 The sudden resignation of the Chief of Staff, too soon / 112 Safety put on the back burner, only eager to show off / 113 Dad's chance and creative support funds / 114 Politicians and Dorian Gray syndrome / 115 X-files and the last survivor / 116 People who like Corona / 117 Diplomacy, knowing it or not, and not being able to do it because you don't know / 118 The truth is always like a boomerang / 119 A gentleman's dignity shines brighter than a gold medal / 120 The Western Front, is everything really okay? / 121 A country chasing Afghanistan / 122 The Ministry of Justice's 'Umbrella Man', our self-portrait / 123 Not 'people first', but 'people first' / 124 The reason for chasing Moby Dick / 125 Can you win people with money and own the world? / 126 If you are in power, be like Oedipus / 127 People who never fall / 128 The people who have become Alice in Wonderland / 129 Science goes to space, politics is degenerating / 130 The theory of washing dishes and the people's pong pong group / 131 Elections, another way to control society / 132 The daughter of the most powerful person lives at her parents' house / 133 I hate the Communist Party too / 134 Two former presidents who have no land to bury / 135 Why do they force vaccinations? / 136 Let's return the name Dalnim to the sky / 137 The world of politics is more mysterious than a detective novel / 138 The end of the year when worry comes before hope
Chapter 4: Today is the Beginning of a Better Tomorrow (2022)
139 In an age of anxiety and disconnection, with a tiger-like instinct / 140 Will we become Frankenstein? / 141 Why the world doesn't collapse / 142 Giving gifts and getting slapped / 143 Too many tax thieves / 144 More important than COVID-19 prevention / 145 Because we wait for a better tomorrow / 146 War, are we safe? / 147 Before the night of the election counting / 148 Feng Shui and the Blue House / 149 The hell that corrupt politicians go to / 150 The flood of death, who is responsible? / 151 The One Ring and the awl and the cleaver / 152 The magician and the magician and Marcona / 153 Insurance murder and the complete inspection / 154 The legislative dictatorship of the people's will / 155 The era of praise is gone / 156 Laws and politics that are lenient on sex crimes / 157 The spirit of June, more precious than the spirit of May / 158 Old age without grandchildren / 159 Ex-convicts are members of the National Assembly, ordinary people are potential criminals / 160 Idiot box TV and smart smartphones / 161 False causes and personal truth / 162 Movies and dramas, no more swearing / 163 Drug addicts who worked at the Blue House / 164 Was there a will to protect the Constitution? / 165 Euthanasia of dogs and summary execution of North Korean defectors / 166 Sand graves and virtual reality / 167 Responsibility for the 5-year-old school admission policy / 168 Seoul's first flood in 100 years and popular dramas / 169 A hall of intellect without conscience / 170 Boring apologies and the evolution of language / 171 A thief's excuse / 172 A game of thrones without a king / 173 The leniency of the law that invites secondary crimes / 174 The power that lays golden eggs / 175 A society with dead education / 176 Pilots and engineers / 177 The duties of retired public officials / 178 The place where beautiful people stayed / 179 The Sword Dance of Lies and Truth / 180 The Reason for Repeated Provocations / 181 Be Thankful for Free Love? / 182 Cursing Priests / 183 The World Calls Lies Politics / 184 The World Cup and the Red Shout / 185 Why We Must Teach Freedom / 186 The Miracle of Christmas / 187 The Qualifications of a Politician: Selfishness and Self-centeredness
Chapter 5: Like a Boat Finding a Lighthouse in the Night Sea (2023)
188 Attention and the Never-ending Fight / 189 The Truth and Lies of a Cellist / 190 Don't Underestimate the Law! / 191 A Spy Living in a Warm Country / 192 An 'Act of Governance' That Would Startle Even Ghosts / 193 Lies, Politics, and Novels / 194 Why We Must Demand Good Politics / 195 Are Members of the National Assembly More Equal Than the Citizens? / 196 A World Without Children / 197 Fake Protagonists, Real Protagonists / 198 Spring! Let's take off the mask / 199 People who exploit others' feelings / 200 The confidence of ordinary people, the inferiority complex of politicians / 201 The boomerang of petty politics / 202 Is TV in public places just a service? / 203 The golden age of revenge dramas / 204 The monkey who became king / 205 Bribery even if it doesn't pay for a month's food / 206 Suicide, self-murder, not a choice / 207 Movies that succeed despite small audiences / 208 Even incompetent politicians are already Buddhas today / 209 Movies, either tearing down the world or raising it up / 210 A group of thieves who steal taxpayer money called civic groups / 211 Public broadcasting that doesn't even know give and take / 212 Flies that want to go ten thousand miles on a horse's butt / 213 Horror stories born and raised by politicians / 214 Protect the cradle without the right to vote / 215 Tell North Korea about the 'dirty peace' / 216 An invitation to immortality / 217 A society governed by local autonomy, for civil servants, and based on taxes and punishment / 218 'Cunning Angels' protecting spies / 219 Why crime thrives / 220 Is crime the source of success and wealth? / 221 People who hope to reap what they have not sown / 222 If you plan to cut a piece of radish and put it in a sheath / 223 The father of Korean semiconductors / 224 A hunger striker who doesn't know the law / 225 People who are crazy about political idols / 226 The political leanings of judges / 227 Trite patriotism, shameless treason / 228 A failing student who falsified grades, the National Election Commission / 229 Korea, a country that loves Joseon, the people, and democracy / 230 A court that has lost its authority in the face of power / 231 The ID of innovation, 'Gwangju', the password, '5-18' / 232 A special promotion for a police officer, it changes from time to time / 233 To you who is stepping into a bigger and wider world / 234 Don't Install Females? / 235 The Opposition Party's New Name: "Together Impeachment Party" / 236 Politicians' Korean Misuses / 237 Is Our Society's Democracy Different from North Korea's? / 238 The Diet of Death Row Inmates and Respect for Human Rights
Chapter 6: Slow Waves Change the World (2024-2025)
239 Civil servants' right to rest and public service / 240 If you're being treated unfairly, get promoted / 241 What are you doing now? / 242 People traveling on the secret platform to Pyongyang / 243 A country addicted to the gas released by pro-North Korea forces / 244 A force that slowly but steadily changes the world / 245 Politics, the era of Falstaff's success / 246 If we go together, it becomes violence / 247 Who is the more 'extraordinary person'? / 248 Same-day voting and hand counting are necessary / 249 Who is tearing a hole in the ailing medical system? / 250 Light forgiveness pushes us in a worse direction / 251 Propose a comprehensive special prosecutor's law for the wives of former and current public officials / 252 Filth balloons and the seeds of freedom / 253 A divided nation where those who have not completed their military service yell at the general / 254 A wonderful life, even if sad and unhappy / 255 The world calls those who quickly get promoted thieves / 256 Biting gold medals is now Stop / 257 A politician's lies are a crime / 258 The law on treating former presidents well is an eyesore / 259 A world without gaps will never come / 260 Why do we demand 100 percent approval? / 261 Food, beyond survival to taste and style / 262 Living as the wife of a celebrity / 263 To all the daughters in the world / 264 Applause for the young man who chose engineering school / 265 The emergency exit of prejudice / 266 Like ink soaking into blank paper / 267 Life, a long journey toward something that cannot be caught / 268 People who entrust their fate to a wild rabbit / 269 Choices that create miracles / 270 Nothing in this world is free / 271 Time to face the truth
Into the book
Every time I sat down in front of the manuscript, it was a time to read the novel and read the world.
In a time intertwined with history and literature, it sometimes records human foolishness and desire, and sometimes the hope and courage created by people.
The questions the characters in the novel asked me were also valid in real life.
Some characters burned themselves to fulfill their desires, while others maintained their humanity until the very end, even in despair.
We were living somewhere in between, wavering.
--- p.5
Life is born, grows, and is enjoyed, but one day we must leave everything behind.
So it is a life that is tearfully admirable.
Sadness and regret should be buried deep in the heart and allowed to pass with time.
Even if it seems indifferent, even if it seems cruel, now that we are alive, we must not look back and walk forward.
Just because you're alive today doesn't mean you'll be alive tomorrow.
Right now, at this very moment, the sunlight is dazzling, the clouds are drifting by, somewhere it is raining, and the leaves are swaying in the wind.
--- p.30
'The Old Man and the Sea', which depicts the human struggle against hardship, is considered Hemingway's best work.
After 84 days without catching a single fish, Santiago heads out to sea again.
On the way back, triumphant after finally catching a big fish, he is attacked by a school of sharks and fights with all his might, but ends up returning empty-handed.
I'm a total wreck, but I have no regrets because I did my best.
--- p.43
Is there no good or evil in the world, and no reward or punishment for good or evil?
Dantes, who was taken away without knowing English, was imprisoned for a full 14 years.
If I hadn't escaped, I would never have seen the light of day until I died.
Until he returned as the Count of Monte Cristo and took revenge, those who had ruined his life lived happily, enjoying wealth and power, without any remorse, let alone divine punishment.
It is a world where truth is sold as fake, and lies and hypocrisy have become shortcuts to success.
However, the 'law of life', where if you plant beans, beans will grow, and if you plant red beans, red beans will grow, never rests or stops for even a moment.
Villefort destroys himself more brutally than Dantès had planned.
--- p.45
In 'The Alchemist', the author said, 'When you want something badly, the whole universe conspires in helping you achieve it,' and this novel gradually explains why we must live without giving up, even if our lives are filled with nothing but boredom, despair, and pain.
Veronica, who has finally come to love herself beyond death, speaks to Edouard.
“I want to start my life over again.
I will advise you to live, to meet new friends, to discover your own life, your own desires, your own adventures!”
--- p.61
As the Minister said, freedom is not absolute for survival.
People survive even in places where freedom is limited.
Humans, terrified of hunger and the whip, may find comfort in the life of a slave who has no responsibilities.
But a human being without freedom is like an animal imprisoned in a cage.
The more limited freedom is in a society, the more the phenomenon of a monopoly of freedom appears at the center of power.
My mouth is a wine party, your mouth is a mask, my house is hundreds of pyeong, your house is 13 pyeong, I own everything, you own nothing.
--- p.135
A king's authority comes from his lineage, but a president's qualifications depend on what he has done and what he will do in the future.
The reason Macbeth failed was because he became king thanks to the witches' prophecy and his wife's urging, but he did not have his own vision for the world.
A king and a president are different.
But the fate of a nation depends on what kind of people they dream of.
Sleepless nights are coming for many voters who have endured five years of absurdity and are hoping for a leader who will once again work for a prosperous nation and a prosperous people.
--- p.219
'New Song' is a travelogue of the afterlife that visits hell, purgatory, and heaven in turn.
Hell is divided into nine levels and punishes those who commit sins such as lust, gluttony, fraud, and violence.
Among them, corrupt politicians who have squeezed the people's blood will fall into a hot oil hell.
If you struggle and stick your head out, the devil will tear your limbs to shreds with his claws.
No matter how angry you are about the corruption in politics, their privileges just keep growing.
During elections, they prostrate themselves, saying they will work for the public good, but once elected, they only pursue their own private interests.
Citizens who have to pay 40% more in taxes than they did five years ago can only sigh as they imagine the hell that awaits them after death.
--- p.222
An arrest warrant for a suspect who threatened a middle school girl with a knife in an elevator and attempted to drag her to the rooftop was also rejected.
Did they consider the safety of the victim, who was a resident of the same apartment?
Freedom and human rights are rights that should be enjoyed by those who respect the freedom and human rights of others.
A law that is too lenient encourages people to do whatever they want, even if it means committing a crime.
The legal concerns will also be deep.
However, if one obstructs the punishment of the criminal and aids and abets the crime, he is said to be obstructing official duties or dereliction of duty, and if one condones the crime and protects the criminal, he is said to be an accomplice.
--- p.254
However, Keating wanted to be called Captain instead of Sir.
He tore up the textbook and threw it in the trash, saying it was full of lies.
They whispered 'carpe diem' as if present satisfaction was the only truth.
He climbed up onto the podium himself and had the students look down on the classroom, teacher, and classmates from there.
It was a way of dismantling the meaning of school and classes and teaching us to stand up against tradition and authority.
With Keating, ‘true education’ and ‘open education’ took root.
Celebrities who prioritize individuality, human rights, and freedom and say, "Be angry, it's not your fault," are called mentors.
Parents and teachers can no longer say, "No, that's wrong."
--- p.257
Upon hearing the news of his wife's death, Macbeth utters the famous line, "Life is but a shadow, an actor on the stage for a moment."
Anyone who holds a remote control in a public place takes away their freedom to see or not see, to hear or not hear.
Even though modern people live a life like a shadow, like a clumsy actor, their eyes, ears, thoughts, and hearts are stolen by the noise and anger created by the smaller stage and the even more clumsy actors on that short stage.
--- p.295
Hemingway complains to Goethe in the immortal world.
They feel wronged that people do not remember them for their works, but criticize their boasts while they were alive, or even make up lies about things they did not do.
Goethe says:
“What can I do if it is immortal?
Immortality is an eternal lawsuit.
But what can you do after you die?”
Many people dream of immortality, hoping for eternal life or glory that will last for generations to come.
But the indefensible notoriety after death is also part of immortality.
--- p.314
Is it war and devastation that Kim Jong-un and his wife want to leave to their young daughter, whom they have appointed as their successor? Military provocations, visits to Russia, and denial of kinship are desperate self-defense measures by North Korea to maintain power by strengthening its status as an independent nation while accelerating internal turmoil in South Korea.
Even though we may not feel it, the world changes every moment, just as the Earth rotates at 1,670 km/h and orbits at 30 km/s.
Even North Korea is seeking unexpected changes.
The only thing that remains outdated is the politics of this country, which is mired in pro-North Korea sentiment and pro-North Korea sentiment.
--- p.353
There is no escape from the debt of evil, even if you pay it back with interest several times the principal.
Evil has no intention of letting go in the first place.
A net that cannot be escaped even if one sacrifices one's life and soul.
Like ink spread on Korean paper, evil once permeated cannot be erased.
That is the price you pay for listening to the voice of evil and being shaken, even if only for a moment.
But how can we realize that the sweet and dazzling future unfolding before our eyes is a vain mirage?
When a desire that has grown so large that it steps on your conscience and reaches out with an angelic smile.
In a time intertwined with history and literature, it sometimes records human foolishness and desire, and sometimes the hope and courage created by people.
The questions the characters in the novel asked me were also valid in real life.
Some characters burned themselves to fulfill their desires, while others maintained their humanity until the very end, even in despair.
We were living somewhere in between, wavering.
--- p.5
Life is born, grows, and is enjoyed, but one day we must leave everything behind.
So it is a life that is tearfully admirable.
Sadness and regret should be buried deep in the heart and allowed to pass with time.
Even if it seems indifferent, even if it seems cruel, now that we are alive, we must not look back and walk forward.
Just because you're alive today doesn't mean you'll be alive tomorrow.
Right now, at this very moment, the sunlight is dazzling, the clouds are drifting by, somewhere it is raining, and the leaves are swaying in the wind.
--- p.30
'The Old Man and the Sea', which depicts the human struggle against hardship, is considered Hemingway's best work.
After 84 days without catching a single fish, Santiago heads out to sea again.
On the way back, triumphant after finally catching a big fish, he is attacked by a school of sharks and fights with all his might, but ends up returning empty-handed.
I'm a total wreck, but I have no regrets because I did my best.
--- p.43
Is there no good or evil in the world, and no reward or punishment for good or evil?
Dantes, who was taken away without knowing English, was imprisoned for a full 14 years.
If I hadn't escaped, I would never have seen the light of day until I died.
Until he returned as the Count of Monte Cristo and took revenge, those who had ruined his life lived happily, enjoying wealth and power, without any remorse, let alone divine punishment.
It is a world where truth is sold as fake, and lies and hypocrisy have become shortcuts to success.
However, the 'law of life', where if you plant beans, beans will grow, and if you plant red beans, red beans will grow, never rests or stops for even a moment.
Villefort destroys himself more brutally than Dantès had planned.
--- p.45
In 'The Alchemist', the author said, 'When you want something badly, the whole universe conspires in helping you achieve it,' and this novel gradually explains why we must live without giving up, even if our lives are filled with nothing but boredom, despair, and pain.
Veronica, who has finally come to love herself beyond death, speaks to Edouard.
“I want to start my life over again.
I will advise you to live, to meet new friends, to discover your own life, your own desires, your own adventures!”
--- p.61
As the Minister said, freedom is not absolute for survival.
People survive even in places where freedom is limited.
Humans, terrified of hunger and the whip, may find comfort in the life of a slave who has no responsibilities.
But a human being without freedom is like an animal imprisoned in a cage.
The more limited freedom is in a society, the more the phenomenon of a monopoly of freedom appears at the center of power.
My mouth is a wine party, your mouth is a mask, my house is hundreds of pyeong, your house is 13 pyeong, I own everything, you own nothing.
--- p.135
A king's authority comes from his lineage, but a president's qualifications depend on what he has done and what he will do in the future.
The reason Macbeth failed was because he became king thanks to the witches' prophecy and his wife's urging, but he did not have his own vision for the world.
A king and a president are different.
But the fate of a nation depends on what kind of people they dream of.
Sleepless nights are coming for many voters who have endured five years of absurdity and are hoping for a leader who will once again work for a prosperous nation and a prosperous people.
--- p.219
'New Song' is a travelogue of the afterlife that visits hell, purgatory, and heaven in turn.
Hell is divided into nine levels and punishes those who commit sins such as lust, gluttony, fraud, and violence.
Among them, corrupt politicians who have squeezed the people's blood will fall into a hot oil hell.
If you struggle and stick your head out, the devil will tear your limbs to shreds with his claws.
No matter how angry you are about the corruption in politics, their privileges just keep growing.
During elections, they prostrate themselves, saying they will work for the public good, but once elected, they only pursue their own private interests.
Citizens who have to pay 40% more in taxes than they did five years ago can only sigh as they imagine the hell that awaits them after death.
--- p.222
An arrest warrant for a suspect who threatened a middle school girl with a knife in an elevator and attempted to drag her to the rooftop was also rejected.
Did they consider the safety of the victim, who was a resident of the same apartment?
Freedom and human rights are rights that should be enjoyed by those who respect the freedom and human rights of others.
A law that is too lenient encourages people to do whatever they want, even if it means committing a crime.
The legal concerns will also be deep.
However, if one obstructs the punishment of the criminal and aids and abets the crime, he is said to be obstructing official duties or dereliction of duty, and if one condones the crime and protects the criminal, he is said to be an accomplice.
--- p.254
However, Keating wanted to be called Captain instead of Sir.
He tore up the textbook and threw it in the trash, saying it was full of lies.
They whispered 'carpe diem' as if present satisfaction was the only truth.
He climbed up onto the podium himself and had the students look down on the classroom, teacher, and classmates from there.
It was a way of dismantling the meaning of school and classes and teaching us to stand up against tradition and authority.
With Keating, ‘true education’ and ‘open education’ took root.
Celebrities who prioritize individuality, human rights, and freedom and say, "Be angry, it's not your fault," are called mentors.
Parents and teachers can no longer say, "No, that's wrong."
--- p.257
Upon hearing the news of his wife's death, Macbeth utters the famous line, "Life is but a shadow, an actor on the stage for a moment."
Anyone who holds a remote control in a public place takes away their freedom to see or not see, to hear or not hear.
Even though modern people live a life like a shadow, like a clumsy actor, their eyes, ears, thoughts, and hearts are stolen by the noise and anger created by the smaller stage and the even more clumsy actors on that short stage.
--- p.295
Hemingway complains to Goethe in the immortal world.
They feel wronged that people do not remember them for their works, but criticize their boasts while they were alive, or even make up lies about things they did not do.
Goethe says:
“What can I do if it is immortal?
Immortality is an eternal lawsuit.
But what can you do after you die?”
Many people dream of immortality, hoping for eternal life or glory that will last for generations to come.
But the indefensible notoriety after death is also part of immortality.
--- p.314
Is it war and devastation that Kim Jong-un and his wife want to leave to their young daughter, whom they have appointed as their successor? Military provocations, visits to Russia, and denial of kinship are desperate self-defense measures by North Korea to maintain power by strengthening its status as an independent nation while accelerating internal turmoil in South Korea.
Even though we may not feel it, the world changes every moment, just as the Earth rotates at 1,670 km/h and orbits at 30 km/s.
Even North Korea is seeking unexpected changes.
The only thing that remains outdated is the politics of this country, which is mired in pro-North Korea sentiment and pro-North Korea sentiment.
--- p.353
There is no escape from the debt of evil, even if you pay it back with interest several times the principal.
Evil has no intention of letting go in the first place.
A net that cannot be escaped even if one sacrifices one's life and soul.
Like ink spread on Korean paper, evil once permeated cannot be erased.
That is the price you pay for listening to the voice of evil and being shaken, even if only for a moment.
But how can we realize that the sweet and dazzling future unfolding before our eyes is a vain mirage?
When a desire that has grown so large that it steps on your conscience and reaches out with an angelic smile.
--- p.386
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 21, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 396 pages | 153*223*30mm
- ISBN13: 9791198670274
- ISBN10: 1198670274
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