I can see it now
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Book Introduction
48th anniversary of debut, singer, actor, radio DJ…
The infinitely expanded world of Kim Chang-wan
“I didn’t know it then.
At every corner we pass
“That there was a story that life had to tell.”
Kim Chang-wan's first collection of prose has returned in a revised and expanded edition after 30 years.
Kim Chang-wan is called 'Uncle Circle' and 'Generation Z's Pursuit of Beauty', and even now, 48 years after his debut, he is still considered by many people of all generations as an 'adult they want to be like'.
When he published his best-selling book, "Even if it's crooked, it's still a circle," he captivated a wide readership with his writing that offered gentle comfort and warm encouragement.
His first collection of prose is being republished with eight new pieces and 20 other works.
First published in 1995 as "On the Way Home," and re-released in 2005 as "Now I Can See It," this book, which meets readers again in 2025, contains the author's intimate life stories and honest thoughts that he had never revealed in detail, fully conveying his attitude toward life.
Just as many people were deeply comforted and moved by the lyrics that plainly portray life without exaggeration or embellishment, and the opening statement that recorded the scenery and state of mind without missing a single day, his very personal record contained in this album, "Now I Can See," also soothes our hearts.
The writing resembles the person.
This is what someone who has lived to be over seventy, experienced countless twists and turns, reached the pinnacle of his field, and even experienced the pain of loss and separation speaks.
“I can see it now.”
In the book, the author does not offer lame advice or obvious consolation.
Instead, it leaves a trace in the readers' minds.
The back of someone walking away, feelings that are a little embarrassing to express in words, memories that I dropped somewhere without realizing it.
This book, which forces us to revisit the trivialities of everyday life, will awaken us to the preciousness of life through the author's unique lyrical sensibility.
The infinitely expanded world of Kim Chang-wan
“I didn’t know it then.
At every corner we pass
“That there was a story that life had to tell.”
Kim Chang-wan's first collection of prose has returned in a revised and expanded edition after 30 years.
Kim Chang-wan is called 'Uncle Circle' and 'Generation Z's Pursuit of Beauty', and even now, 48 years after his debut, he is still considered by many people of all generations as an 'adult they want to be like'.
When he published his best-selling book, "Even if it's crooked, it's still a circle," he captivated a wide readership with his writing that offered gentle comfort and warm encouragement.
His first collection of prose is being republished with eight new pieces and 20 other works.
First published in 1995 as "On the Way Home," and re-released in 2005 as "Now I Can See It," this book, which meets readers again in 2025, contains the author's intimate life stories and honest thoughts that he had never revealed in detail, fully conveying his attitude toward life.
Just as many people were deeply comforted and moved by the lyrics that plainly portray life without exaggeration or embellishment, and the opening statement that recorded the scenery and state of mind without missing a single day, his very personal record contained in this album, "Now I Can See," also soothes our hearts.
The writing resembles the person.
This is what someone who has lived to be over seventy, experienced countless twists and turns, reached the pinnacle of his field, and even experienced the pain of loss and separation speaks.
“I can see it now.”
In the book, the author does not offer lame advice or obvious consolation.
Instead, it leaves a trace in the readers' minds.
The back of someone walking away, feelings that are a little embarrassing to express in words, memories that I dropped somewhere without realizing it.
This book, which forces us to revisit the trivialities of everyday life, will awaken us to the preciousness of life through the author's unique lyrical sensibility.
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index
Revised Edition Prologue: The Sense of Absence
Prologue: A Story Caught in a Loose Net
Part 1: Pain and Wounds Are a Part of Me
A drawer to store your pain
I live on the life of my father who suffered a stroke.
The moment of a bowl of Jjajangmyeon
The watch of that shabby youth
Father's letter of recommendation
The breakup remains in my heart
A song that I used to sing when I wanted to buy a pistol
Life isn't that great, is it?
Life is not stuffed
Love wherever you are now
water bucket
Part 2: The value of something is revealed only after it has been lost
Things that are beautiful because they disappear
If words have temperature
Mother's Song
The abundance of stale rice
Drunkard upload
Steamed skate and minnow stew
Waiting for the real exhaust
Misfortune is a rusty gun
The bell and the teacher
I still don't know my sister-in-law's name.
My song
Part 3: It's not a blocked road because it's an unknown road.
The path lies within you.
My dream is to be a fire truck driver
Protecting each other's world
Lies are sometimes mixed with hope.
imitating adults
Invisible teacher
Freedom? That's funny.
The Bait of Happiness
Great Shadow
The only thing that can measure everything is the mind.
star
Part 4: Don't feel life as a burden
Things I can only see now
It's beautiful when it contains breath
Apricot Tree House Thief Incident
Life is a song without a title
Go or stand
conqueror
I fall to myself and you fall to you
Women's territory
The way to Sammaksa Temple
Flowers must bloom for their fragrance to be released.
Flower tea
Epilogue: And...
What's left is
Prologue: A Story Caught in a Loose Net
Part 1: Pain and Wounds Are a Part of Me
A drawer to store your pain
I live on the life of my father who suffered a stroke.
The moment of a bowl of Jjajangmyeon
The watch of that shabby youth
Father's letter of recommendation
The breakup remains in my heart
A song that I used to sing when I wanted to buy a pistol
Life isn't that great, is it?
Life is not stuffed
Love wherever you are now
water bucket
Part 2: The value of something is revealed only after it has been lost
Things that are beautiful because they disappear
If words have temperature
Mother's Song
The abundance of stale rice
Drunkard upload
Steamed skate and minnow stew
Waiting for the real exhaust
Misfortune is a rusty gun
The bell and the teacher
I still don't know my sister-in-law's name.
My song
Part 3: It's not a blocked road because it's an unknown road.
The path lies within you.
My dream is to be a fire truck driver
Protecting each other's world
Lies are sometimes mixed with hope.
imitating adults
Invisible teacher
Freedom? That's funny.
The Bait of Happiness
Great Shadow
The only thing that can measure everything is the mind.
star
Part 4: Don't feel life as a burden
Things I can only see now
It's beautiful when it contains breath
Apricot Tree House Thief Incident
Life is a song without a title
Go or stand
conqueror
I fall to myself and you fall to you
Women's territory
The way to Sammaksa Temple
Flowers must bloom for their fragrance to be released.
Flower tea
Epilogue: And...
What's left is
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Into the book
The answers life gives us do not seem to have a single, complete meaning.
Sometimes, when you let go of what you've done so far rather than dwelling on it, life might teach you something.
--- p.9 From “Prologue of the Revised Edition - A Sense of Absence”
The heart is not something that breaks easily.
And the heart that has been broken and sewn back together several times is becoming less and less likely to break.
Even though it's shattered now, it's slowly coming back together.
And that too, very cleanly.
--- p.24 From “A Drawer to Store Pain”
“Why? And where do I have to go?” he asked slowly, as if facing a long separation.
A moment of a bowl of Jjajangmyeon in a long, long life.
How many times will this brief moment happen?
My mother came out that day wearing new clothes she had bought.
But he couldn't even show off his clothes and just kept going down the hill.
--- p.43 From “The Moment of a Bowl of Jjajangmyeon”
Like the headlights of a car turning on a mountain road in the middle of the night, memories briefly shine brightly only where the light reaches, and then disappear into the darkness again when the light goes out.
Countless performances, recordings, filming, radio broadcasts, magazine interviews, drinking with friends and bars…
All of that is in the dark.
--- p.45 From “The Clock of That Shabby Youth”
If you go close to the wire fence and look at the pheasant, the wire fence will disappear.
But if you look at the wire mesh from a little distance, you can't see the pheasant inside.
Although it was the same land, the inside and outside of the barbed wire fence were very different worlds.
--- p.71 From “The song I sang when I wanted to buy a gun”
Love wherever you are now.
And rejoice.
Life is hard, but there is still time to eat more.
Wait until then.
Even if it's death.
--- p.101 From “Love Wherever You Are Now”
I think that all the seemingly small things that happen moment by moment make up our lives.
What makes a life complete is not the accumulation of many years, but the fleeting moments.
Wouldn't any time be good if it contained our lives?
Sometimes, when you let go of what you've done so far rather than dwelling on it, life might teach you something.
--- p.9 From “Prologue of the Revised Edition - A Sense of Absence”
The heart is not something that breaks easily.
And the heart that has been broken and sewn back together several times is becoming less and less likely to break.
Even though it's shattered now, it's slowly coming back together.
And that too, very cleanly.
--- p.24 From “A Drawer to Store Pain”
“Why? And where do I have to go?” he asked slowly, as if facing a long separation.
A moment of a bowl of Jjajangmyeon in a long, long life.
How many times will this brief moment happen?
My mother came out that day wearing new clothes she had bought.
But he couldn't even show off his clothes and just kept going down the hill.
--- p.43 From “The Moment of a Bowl of Jjajangmyeon”
Like the headlights of a car turning on a mountain road in the middle of the night, memories briefly shine brightly only where the light reaches, and then disappear into the darkness again when the light goes out.
Countless performances, recordings, filming, radio broadcasts, magazine interviews, drinking with friends and bars…
All of that is in the dark.
--- p.45 From “The Clock of That Shabby Youth”
If you go close to the wire fence and look at the pheasant, the wire fence will disappear.
But if you look at the wire mesh from a little distance, you can't see the pheasant inside.
Although it was the same land, the inside and outside of the barbed wire fence were very different worlds.
--- p.71 From “The song I sang when I wanted to buy a gun”
Love wherever you are now.
And rejoice.
Life is hard, but there is still time to eat more.
Wait until then.
Even if it's death.
--- p.101 From “Love Wherever You Are Now”
I think that all the seemingly small things that happen moment by moment make up our lives.
What makes a life complete is not the accumulation of many years, but the fleeting moments.
Wouldn't any time be good if it contained our lives?
--- p.108 From “Things That Are Beautiful Because They Disappear”
Publisher's Review
8 new articles and 20 hand-drawn drawings
Kim Chang-wan's first prose, published in an expanded edition after 30 years!
Hearts that are impatient because they only look forward and run
A simple, caressing comfort and encouragement
Kim Chang-wan, who debuted in 1977 with Sanulrim, has left a unique mark on Korean popular culture as the leader of a legendary rock band, an actor who has appeared in over 100 productions, and a radio DJ who shares the small details of his daily life with countless listeners.
Now, celebrating his 48th debut anniversary, he is called 'Uncle Circle', 'Generation Z's Pursuit Beauty', and is considered by many to be an 'adult they want to be like'.
The most notable change in this revised and expanded edition of his first collection of prose, published 30 years later, is the addition of eight new essays and 20 new illustrations, adding his own unique sensibility.
This book, first published in 1995 as “On the Way Home” and re-released in 2005 as “Now I Can See It,” contains the author’s honest and intimate stories that he never bothered to reveal in detail.
Five newly written prose pieces, three poems, and hand-drawn works provide a glimpse into the author's changing attitudes and perspectives on life over time.
As Kim Chang-wan says, “Now I can see it,” and rediscovers life, this book contains encouragement to rediscover all the beauty of the years that have passed.
Earning a living, hating, missing, supporting and frying… .
The writings in this book, which capture everyday life that everyone can relate to, bring back to us precious memories and emotions that had been pushed to the margins of life.
In this way, his sincere story delivers comfort and encouragement that touches our hearts, which are too impatient to run towards success and happiness.
“Life is still full of things we only now see.”
Finding the preciousness of life in the smallest things
Stories that became the roots of Kim Chang-wan
The reason the author is re-introducing a piece written 30 years ago is because, even at the age of seventy, life is still full of moments that are 'only now being seen.'
The title of the book, "Now I See," is a tribute to every moment of life, bursting forth when one realizes the meaning of life that one had not realized before.
This is what he says about his youth, when he was worried about finding a job, and the pain of loss and separation from his father, who had been bedridden for nearly 30 years, and the youngest member of Sanulrim.
“I can see it now.”
In the life that has flowed by, longing and affection for family, friends, and neighbors sprout, and in the innocent memories of childhood, curiosity and dreams for the future are hidden, so it is said that “the answers that life gives us are not completed in just one time.”
Especially in the text added to this revised edition, his confession that he thought he was "singing" for 48 years after his debut as a singer, but now he "hears his own song," and his intimate voice talking about the importance of daily life and family, remind us that there are infinitely miraculous moments that life presents.
The pre-book review group also praised the book as a life-changing book, sending reviews such as, "A book that adds courage to life," "I gained the strength to live," and "A book from a life mentor with warm acceptance."
Just as many people were deeply comforted and moved by the lyrics that plainly portray life without exaggeration or embellishment, and the opening statement that recorded the scenery and state of mind without missing a single day, his very personal record contained in this album, "Now I Can See," will also lyrically soothe our hearts.
Kim Chang-wan's first prose, published in an expanded edition after 30 years!
Hearts that are impatient because they only look forward and run
A simple, caressing comfort and encouragement
Kim Chang-wan, who debuted in 1977 with Sanulrim, has left a unique mark on Korean popular culture as the leader of a legendary rock band, an actor who has appeared in over 100 productions, and a radio DJ who shares the small details of his daily life with countless listeners.
Now, celebrating his 48th debut anniversary, he is called 'Uncle Circle', 'Generation Z's Pursuit Beauty', and is considered by many to be an 'adult they want to be like'.
The most notable change in this revised and expanded edition of his first collection of prose, published 30 years later, is the addition of eight new essays and 20 new illustrations, adding his own unique sensibility.
This book, first published in 1995 as “On the Way Home” and re-released in 2005 as “Now I Can See It,” contains the author’s honest and intimate stories that he never bothered to reveal in detail.
Five newly written prose pieces, three poems, and hand-drawn works provide a glimpse into the author's changing attitudes and perspectives on life over time.
As Kim Chang-wan says, “Now I can see it,” and rediscovers life, this book contains encouragement to rediscover all the beauty of the years that have passed.
Earning a living, hating, missing, supporting and frying… .
The writings in this book, which capture everyday life that everyone can relate to, bring back to us precious memories and emotions that had been pushed to the margins of life.
In this way, his sincere story delivers comfort and encouragement that touches our hearts, which are too impatient to run towards success and happiness.
“Life is still full of things we only now see.”
Finding the preciousness of life in the smallest things
Stories that became the roots of Kim Chang-wan
The reason the author is re-introducing a piece written 30 years ago is because, even at the age of seventy, life is still full of moments that are 'only now being seen.'
The title of the book, "Now I See," is a tribute to every moment of life, bursting forth when one realizes the meaning of life that one had not realized before.
This is what he says about his youth, when he was worried about finding a job, and the pain of loss and separation from his father, who had been bedridden for nearly 30 years, and the youngest member of Sanulrim.
“I can see it now.”
In the life that has flowed by, longing and affection for family, friends, and neighbors sprout, and in the innocent memories of childhood, curiosity and dreams for the future are hidden, so it is said that “the answers that life gives us are not completed in just one time.”
Especially in the text added to this revised edition, his confession that he thought he was "singing" for 48 years after his debut as a singer, but now he "hears his own song," and his intimate voice talking about the importance of daily life and family, remind us that there are infinitely miraculous moments that life presents.
The pre-book review group also praised the book as a life-changing book, sending reviews such as, "A book that adds courage to life," "I gained the strength to live," and "A book from a life mentor with warm acceptance."
Just as many people were deeply comforted and moved by the lyrics that plainly portray life without exaggeration or embellishment, and the opening statement that recorded the scenery and state of mind without missing a single day, his very personal record contained in this album, "Now I Can See," will also lyrically soothe our hearts.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: March 19, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 324 pages | 426g | 130*197*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791130664361
- ISBN10: 1130664368
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