{"product_id":"129336","title":"Oh Chun-sil's Four Seasons ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/WQtgpSozl4OWpZFy5oY6fj.png?v=1764874757\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Oh Chun-sil's Four Seasons \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Kim Hyo-seon, MD of an online bookstore that has been passionately introducing Korean literature for 16 years, is a familiar name to writers.\u003cbr\u003e Novelist Kim Geum-hee confessed that whenever she read the comments in the “Editor’s Choice” that he wrote, “I always felt like crying,” and that “I felt encouraged because they pointed out the exact point that the novel was trying to reach.”\u003cbr\u003e He, who “dreamed of other people’s books being treated properly and wrote reviews,” now meets readers from the author’s perspective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Oh Chun-sil's Four Seasons\" is an essay that captures the life story of a person who swam with his mother Oh Chun-sil and listened intently to her, amidst the ever-changing scenery of the four seasons.\u003cbr\u003e The turbulent life of Oh Chun-sil, who “suffered tremendously,” unfolds like a panorama as she teaches swimming to her mother, who retired after working tirelessly for 50 years.\u003cbr\u003e The sentences, which are filled with the writer's effort to reach the \"most beloved being in the world,\" warmly color the reader's heart.\u003cbr\u003e The mystery of the story, which leads us from a world of gravity bound by work and relationships to a world of buoyancy that cleanses our tired bodies and wounded minds, operates at every turn.\u003cbr\u003e Throughout the text, including the beginning of each article, various books that reveal the author's reading history appear, and the quoted passages are exquisitely blended into the text as if they were part of it, enhancing its literary flavor. \u003cbr\u003eThe child who read novels until the library closed to “digest his bewildered life” became an adult who “read his mother in novels” and wrote his mother’s life as his first book.\u003cbr\u003e This is an extraordinary debut work that proves that the good stories that comforted and saved him throughout his life have permeated every corner of the author's body, turning him into a good storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Recommendation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Mom and I met again in the water.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh Chun-sil's Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jongno 2020 “I ate it because it was poisonous!”\u003cbr\u003e Jongno 2020 “I know.”\u003cbr\u003e Yeongdeungpo, 1978 “My heart is pounding.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2021 “It’s Oh Chun-sil’s world.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2021 “It’s cold and my back hurts.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2021 “When I first came here, this place was exciting.”\u003cbr\u003e Anyang, 1984 “I guess I lived because it was good.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh Chun-sil's Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMapo 2021 “Where does it hurt?”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2021 “Swimming is the most fun these days.”\u003cbr\u003e Anyang, 1985 “I chose it because I liked it, so it’s not that bad.”\u003cbr\u003e Anyang, 1985 “I didn’t want to raise my daughter without a father.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2022 “I don’t want to do that.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2022: “There’s nothing you can do about the water you’ve already drunk!”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2022 “I don’t know.\u003cbr\u003e “It happened on its own.”\u003cbr\u003e Ansan, 1993 “That man probably couldn’t have died a pretty death either.”\u003cbr\u003e Jongno 2022 “There’s nothing you can’t do with flat feet!”\u003cbr\u003e Ansan, 1998 “I was bright yellow in my 40s.”\u003cbr\u003e Ansan, 1998 “I still smell that way.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh Chun-sil's Autumn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mapo in 2023: “It’s nice that there are no people.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2023 “Is happiness something special?”\u003cbr\u003e Ansan, 2002 “I lived with pride.”\u003cbr\u003e Songpa, 2023: “It’s not like you get full on the first drink.”\u003cbr\u003e Ansan, 2005 “Am I really that great?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh Chun-sil's Winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMapo, 2024 “It’s nice to float on the water and meet this person and that person.”\u003cbr\u003e Jung-gu, 2024 “Live happily.\u003cbr\u003e “Life is fun to live.”\u003cbr\u003e Ansan 2015 “He has his own circumstances.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2024 “They look down on me because I’m a woman.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2024 “Time went by well today too.”\u003cbr\u003e Jongno in 2024 “If I go, will God do that?”\u003cbr\u003e “Our Chunsil has arrived safely.”\u003cbr\u003e Mapo 2024 “She’s not the Chunsil of old.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: This whole story began a long way back.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate5478\/MidCate7\/547761117.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Mom's journey is also nearing its end.\u003cbr\u003e It's the perfect age to learn new things and become a new person.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That spring, I imagined a summer vacation with my mother, who knew how to hold water.\u003cbr\u003e I want to talk to my mom about the feeling of warm, soft water brushing my arm and the smells of an unfamiliar city.\u003cbr\u003e I want to stretch out my arms, bending and straightening my tanned back with swimsuit marks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.54\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eI also had a good senior.\u003cbr\u003e I learned their spiritual methods by watching those who went before me.\u003cbr\u003e The people who encouraged me and told me that I did well and that I could do better were my mother, my seniors, and my older sisters.\u003cbr\u003e Thanks to them, I gained the courage to face the life I had been avoiding with a clear mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After I became a college student, I went to those apartment complexes to work part-time.\u003cbr\u003e If you paid 30,000 won to the management office, you could put up flyers.\u003cbr\u003e I cut off one of the contact details that was stuck like squid legs at the bottom of the flyer pretending to be a popular private tutor and stuffed it into my pocket.\u003cbr\u003e I, a private tutor, climbed the stairs that my mother used to squat down and clean.\u003cbr\u003e The interior of the apartment, built in the old fashion, was older and more rustic than I had imagined.\u003cbr\u003e Even these simple stairs were too high for Mom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.142\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs I plunged into the pitch-black waters of the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik and the \"cider-like water\" described in the travel guidebook washed over me, I felt grateful for all the good fortune that had allowed me to be born into this world.\u003cbr\u003e It was when I started swimming that I began to appreciate the beauty of each season.\u003cbr\u003e I also want to spend time aimlessly wasting time with my mom.\u003cbr\u003e I want to share the joy of catching water.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each body has its own unique story and circumstances, so swimming is different for each body.\u003cbr\u003e Some bodies, like mine, which has a slightly shorter left leg due to the aftereffects of a car accident, lean to one side, while others can only kick powerfully with one leg.\u003cbr\u003e I wanted to be a watchman who would protect these weak and wounded bodies.\u003cbr\u003e A pool guard who stands guard behind the pool to prevent others from getting too close or threatening. \u003cbr\u003eSo I became the person who never kicked the feet of the person in front of me, the person who did the slow breaststroke kick behind the slow girls.\u003cbr\u003e I saw the world through a hole in me.\u003cbr\u003e The hole allowed good ventilation.\u003cbr\u003e I've come to like people like my mom, people who can't swim well and are a nuisance to the pool crowd.\u003cbr\u003e I came to understand that the swimming pool is a space where you inevitably have to mix with your bare face.\u003cbr\u003e I drink the water that the person I hate spits out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I never knew a single decent female senior.\u003cbr\u003e Each woman who has worked for a long time has her own twists and turns.\u003cbr\u003e Only then did I understand why I liked the grandmothers who boldly blocked the road and swam without hesitation.\u003cbr\u003e I want to swim, even if it's not much.\u003cbr\u003e I will definitely become a woman who blocks the road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.250\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen babies learn to distinguish between reality and fiction, their hearts will be broken and torn.\u003cbr\u003e But it's okay.\u003cbr\u003e Because someday I will be able to breathe through my wounds.\u003cbr\u003e We can say that from the space that has opened up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I didn't really mind the vague idea of ​​good luck being far away.\u003cbr\u003e Every time I got into the water I thought.\u003cbr\u003e Get out of the way for someone who likes it.\u003cbr\u003e Life is so good.\u003cbr\u003e Life is truly good, that's what my mother taught me.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.254\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Mom and I met again in the water.\u003cbr\u003e They started talking because they had something in common: they were both working women.\u003cbr\u003e After quitting her job of 165 months, my mother has now been swimming for 43 months.\u003cbr\u003e As my mother held and released the water, it trickled down like a story, and I followed her, following her words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Was life hard?”\u003cbr\u003e “Even if it’s hard, I can’t help it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Even if I like it, I can't do it, and even if I don't like it, I can't do it.\u003cbr\u003e My mother says it like a habit. \u003cbr\u003eMy mother lived waiting for things she couldn't do to pass.\u003cbr\u003e My mother, who often fell down, started over again from the spot where she had fallen and broken her body.\u003cbr\u003e My mother has never been so fortunate as to be able to swim with her feet on the ground.\u003cbr\u003e Even when the wind and rain blew, Mom did not lose heart.\u003cbr\u003e I want to record that blessed face.\u003cbr\u003e _From \"Prologue\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA heartwarming hymn dedicated to \"Our O Chun-sil\"\u003cbr\u003e “You have lived a great life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is divided into four chapters: spring, summer, fall, and winter. \u003cbr\u003eFrom the time Oh Chun-sil began learning to swim, the years at the pool pass, and the long years intertwine: “Instead of going to middle school, she stayed alone in a mountain house” to help with housework and come to Seoul to get married (spring); the difficult times after giving birth when she moved to factories, restaurants, hospitals, and orchards and started working as a low-level laborer (summer); middle age when she worked as a cleaner (autumn); and old age (winter) when she collected waste paper and enjoyed swimming.\u003cbr\u003e Like swimming, which rarely improves, there are no great twists or developments in Oh Chun-sil's life.\u003cbr\u003e I just “made it through the twists and turns of life to the swimming pool.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yet this insignificant journey comes to life with surprising clarity in the “real world.”\u003cbr\u003e Instead of simply summarizing the mother's life as \"a universal misfortune in Korean society,\" the author recreates it as an incredibly rich and detailed drama. \u003cbr\u003eOh Chun-sil, who grew up being hit by the “angry and unfair” anger of Noh Soon-il, who lost her husband twice while moving to South Korea, meets a “smooth, dark-skinned” man who is blunt but has a sensitive side, and they become a couple after a wedding ceremony where the officiating pastor keeps calling the groom’s name wrong.\u003cbr\u003e There is a brief period of “contentment” where she “boils knitwear until it is pure white” and waits for her husband to come home from work, but soon the “spicy and sour real life” begins, where she has to take responsibility for the livelihood of her husband who is addicted to gambling and cannot stick to one job.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e However, Oh Chun-sil is not ashamed of her slippery life. \u003cbr\u003eMoving from one room to another, where a large sewer pipe ran through the basement, where the floor was not level so pencils would roll away, and where earthworms, like those seen in nature books, crawled out through cracks in the walls, she did not complain, but was moved by the washing machine she got much later than others, and when the housekeeper told her not to touch the toothbrush “given to her as a gift from the dentist,” she turned it down without hesitation even though she was offered a raise.\u003cbr\u003e In the mother, who found small happiness even in desperate situations and never gave up her pride no matter how desperate she was, the author reads “the will to live” instead of failure.\u003cbr\u003e “How to take hold of life without running away from it” is “written down instead of inherited.” \u003cbr\u003eThe reason why Oh Chun-sil, who is just someone's mother, leaves us with such a deep presence and such a touching impression is probably because she reminds us of the 'extraordinaryness of ordinary people.'\u003cbr\u003e “You are great, you have lived a great life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My mother neither hoped for nor waited for revenge.\u003cbr\u003e I learned how to take life in my hands without running away from it.\u003cbr\u003e Mom's secret recipe, I plan to learn it over time.\u003cbr\u003e Page 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"are you okay.\u003cbr\u003e “Because someday I will be able to breathe through my wounds.”\u003cbr\u003e “We can swim without being healed.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Oh Chun-sil was injured while doing physical labor, the writer was injured mentally while doing desk work.\u003cbr\u003e “I drank seven times a week, drank until 5 a.m., closed my eyes for a moment, and when I opened them, it was back to work.”\u003cbr\u003e I carried a bottle of soju in my bag and cooled my burning heart in the pool. \u003cbr\u003eWhen told that she was seeing a psychiatrist, the mother said, “I know my daughter is a good person.”\u003cbr\u003e Those words save the writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When my mother said that, I realized what I had been foolishly trying to prove by holding on.\u003cbr\u003e Whether others disliked me or not, I didn't want to be fooled by those words and hate myself.\u003cbr\u003e If it was annoying, I wanted to live with less hatred for myself.\u003cbr\u003e Page 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As I listened to my mother's words, my eyes opened and I saw the scenery she was seeing.\u003cbr\u003e There were frail and wounded bodies there, with all sorts of stories and circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e In a world of older women where each person's life and ups and downs are intertwined and where the question \"Where does it hurt?\" is a common greeting, the author learns that she can breathe through the cracks in her wounds and speak through the gaping void. \u003cbr\u003eReaders, wandering far and wide, picture a swimming pool scene where a daughter, “filled her broken heart with anti-anxiety medication,” and a mother, “whose broken bones were mended with a hammer,” lie side by side in the water, and can truly believe the author’s words, “We can swim without being healed.”\u003cbr\u003e The idea that we can move forward without recovery is more 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