When we are born and die ten times
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We stay forever in the scenery where we come and go as brief guests,
About things that continue even after being born and dying ten times
Author Seong Hae-na, who has emerged as the newest and freshest light in Korean literature with the publication of short story collections such as “When You Walk Away from the Light,” and novels such as “The Summer We Left Behind,” has published “When We Are Born Ten Times and Die” as part of Wisdom House’s short story series, Wipick.
Jae-seo, who takes each step with doubt, and Yvonne, who seems extraordinary even with a single word, are two very different people who leave for Gyeongju to do Professor Moon's assignment.
What awaited them in Gyeongju was an old house that was two hundred years old.
Contrary to the wishes of the client, Kwon Jeong-yeon, who wants to fix up the house and use it again, the two people's opinions lean towards 'reconstruction', which is to "knock down the pillars and beams and rebuild the main structure with steel bars."
About things that continue even after being born and dying ten times
Author Seong Hae-na, who has emerged as the newest and freshest light in Korean literature with the publication of short story collections such as “When You Walk Away from the Light,” and novels such as “The Summer We Left Behind,” has published “When We Are Born Ten Times and Die” as part of Wisdom House’s short story series, Wipick.
Jae-seo, who takes each step with doubt, and Yvonne, who seems extraordinary even with a single word, are two very different people who leave for Gyeongju to do Professor Moon's assignment.
What awaited them in Gyeongju was an old house that was two hundred years old.
Contrary to the wishes of the client, Kwon Jeong-yeon, who wants to fix up the house and use it again, the two people's opinions lean towards 'reconstruction', which is to "knock down the pillars and beams and rebuild the main structure with steel bars."
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When we are born and die ten times
Author's Note
Interview with author Seong Hae-na
Author's Note
Interview with author Seong Hae-na
Into the book
Is your ego originally that weak?
While I was thinking about what it meant, Professor Moon continued with something I didn't understand.
That might help during construction, but it might also hold them back... ... Anyway, this summer is going to be a big challenge for them.
--- p.14
Jaeseo, Jaeseo is my homework.
Someone's homework and example.
Jealousy can only be felt when the other person is on equal footing, but since I was always one, or even two, steps behind Yvonne, my jealousy had faded and I was often overcome by apathy.
--- pp.25-26
Can my blueprints be completed and constructed without remaining in draft form?
I wonder if I will be unable to escape from the plane my entire life.
--- p.45
In this place, I learned 'Chagyeong'.
The word 'chagyeong', which means 'borrowing a view', was one of the most frequently used words in architecture departments, next to 'assignment'.
I couldn't quite grasp its meaning, but from this window seat, where the clouds change direction and drift by, the trees change color with each season, and snow quietly piles up in winter, I learned that the scenery is not something to be owned, but something to be borrowed for a while, and that the enjoyment of it is important in architecture.
--- pp.50-51
It's a mosquito.
It's a weed, but it's magical.
It helps farming by gathering nutrients.
Everything that grows on the earth has a use.
It is the people who stay in that land who find use.
--- pp.75-76
Assuming a human lifespan of one hundred years, we must be born and die ten times for a thousand years to pass.
It's been a very long time, hasn't it? This tower has stood for even longer.
Sometimes it shakes and sometimes it tilts.
Isn't that great?
--- p.88
I feel more comfortable tearing it down and building anew.
You might want to move or sell it someday, so it might be better to buy a new house.
But now I don't want to do that.
There's a lot to take care of here... ...but it's the house my dad built.
While I was thinking about what it meant, Professor Moon continued with something I didn't understand.
That might help during construction, but it might also hold them back... ... Anyway, this summer is going to be a big challenge for them.
--- p.14
Jaeseo, Jaeseo is my homework.
Someone's homework and example.
Jealousy can only be felt when the other person is on equal footing, but since I was always one, or even two, steps behind Yvonne, my jealousy had faded and I was often overcome by apathy.
--- pp.25-26
Can my blueprints be completed and constructed without remaining in draft form?
I wonder if I will be unable to escape from the plane my entire life.
--- p.45
In this place, I learned 'Chagyeong'.
The word 'chagyeong', which means 'borrowing a view', was one of the most frequently used words in architecture departments, next to 'assignment'.
I couldn't quite grasp its meaning, but from this window seat, where the clouds change direction and drift by, the trees change color with each season, and snow quietly piles up in winter, I learned that the scenery is not something to be owned, but something to be borrowed for a while, and that the enjoyment of it is important in architecture.
--- pp.50-51
It's a mosquito.
It's a weed, but it's magical.
It helps farming by gathering nutrients.
Everything that grows on the earth has a use.
It is the people who stay in that land who find use.
--- pp.75-76
Assuming a human lifespan of one hundred years, we must be born and die ten times for a thousand years to pass.
It's been a very long time, hasn't it? This tower has stood for even longer.
Sometimes it shakes and sometimes it tilts.
Isn't that great?
--- p.88
I feel more comfortable tearing it down and building anew.
You might want to move or sell it someday, so it might be better to buy a new house.
But now I don't want to do that.
There's a lot to take care of here... ...but it's the house my dad built.
--- p.99
Publisher's Review
We stay forever in the scenery where we come and go as brief guests,
About things that continue even after being born and dying ten times
Author Seong Hae-na, who has emerged as the newest and freshest light in Korean literature with the publication of short story collections such as “When You Walk Away from the Light,” and novels such as “The Summer We Left Behind,” has published “When We Are Born Ten Times and Die” as part of Wisdom House’s short story series, Wipick.
The novel takes us to an old house in Sannae-myeon, Gyeongju, through the eyes of Jaeseo and Yvonne, fourth-year architecture students, and offers a leisurely view of the scenery where we can take a short break.
Jaeseo and Yvonne, who are on vacation, attend Professor Moon's summer school.
Professor Moon is someone who insists on the pencil drawing method that was popular in the 80s and 90s, even in an era when 3D programs like CAD and SketchUp were common.
Jaeseo, who had only drawn contour lines throughout the semester, unexpectedly received an A+ in this class.
Unlike Jaeseo, who has a lot of self-doubt and lacks confidence to the point of submitting a grade appeal even after receiving the highest grade, Yvonne is an excellent student who can do anything with flying colors.
Jae-seo, who takes each step with doubt, and Yvonne, who seems extraordinary even with a single word, are two very different people who leave for Gyeongju to do Professor Moon's homework.
What awaited them in Gyeongju was an old house that was two hundred years old.
From the collapsed roof after two earthquakes to the inefficient passageways and the cracks in the joints connecting the columns and beams… … .
Contrary to the wishes of the client, Jeongyeon Kwon, who wants to fix up the house and use it again, the two people's opinions lean towards 'reconstruction', which is to "demolish the pillars and beams and rebuild the main structure with steel bars" (p. 66).
Professor Moon recommended taking measurements and drawing with a pencil, but Jaeseo and Yvonne, pressed for time, submitted the results of transferring the existing drawings of the old house to CAD.
After receiving Professor Moon's cold criticism, I finally get to take a good look around the old house and the city of Gyeongju.
The novel, with its meticulous and flawless sentences, like building a house, thoroughly explores not only Jae-seo and Yvonne, who are just "guests who stop by," but also the mother and daughter Kwon Jeong-yeon, who live there as if it were their fate, the grandfather who guides Cheomseongdae, and the villagers.
Rather than the house itself, it talks about the 'building heart' that lends the most beautiful scenery to a loved one and "prays inwardly that they will live well" (p. 85).
A special experience that allows you to breathe deeply into 'a single story'
Beginning in November 2022, Wisdom House will be introducing the most diverse and newest stories of Korean literature, one per week, through its short story serial project, "Weekly Fiction."
Over the past year, 50 stories have been loved by readers, including Gu Byeong-mo's "Shred," Jo Ye-eun's "Waiting for the High Tide," Ahn Dam's "The Girl Grows Alone," and Choi Jin-young's "Aurora."
The Wepick series publishes serialized novels in this way, and rather than the conventional method of binding together several short stories, it takes the unusual approach of composing a book with only one short story, giving readers the special experience of breathing deeply into each story.
Wepick is not bound by any criteria or distinctions such as material or format, and focuses solely on the completeness of a single story.
Through novels by a variety of authors, including novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, and youth literature writers, we break down genres and boundaries, expanding the possibilities and enjoyment of stories.
Following the 50 episodes of Season 1, Season 2 is filled with even more new writers and stories.
Season 2 will feature writers Kang Hwa-gil, Lim Seon-woo, Dan Yo, Jeong Bo-ra, Kim Bo-young, Lee Mi-sang, Kim Hwa-jin, Jeong I-hyeon, Lim Sol-ah, and Hwang Jeong-eun.
Additionally, Season 2 will include author interviews, telling a variety of stories both inside and outside of the works, further enriching the annual festival of 50 stories.
[Introducing the Wepick Series]
Wepick is a short story series from Wisdom House.
It offers a special experience of breathing deeply into ‘one story’.
I dream that this small piece will become a new piece that expands your world, that each small piece will come together to become your story, and that it will become a piece of literature that will be deeply engraved in your heart.
A Piece of Literature, Wepick
Koo Byung-mo's "Shred"
Lee Hee-joo's "Mayumi"
Yoon Ja-young's "Grandma's Tteokbokki Recipe"
Park So-yeon's "Crowded but Secretive"
Kim Ki-chang's "The Visitor on Christmas Eve"
Lee Jong-san's "Blue Marble"
Kwak Jae-sik's "The End of Space War"
Kim Dong-sik's "The Hundred Buttons"
Bae Ye-ram, "I Will Be Under the Water"
Lee So-ho's "My Crazy Neighbor"
Oh Han-gi's "My Happy Parenting Diary"
Jo Ye-eun's "Waiting for High Tide"
Dojinki 《Animation》
Park Sol-moe's "Girlfriends of the Far East"
Jeong Hye-yoon's "Workshop for People Who Want to Feel at Peace"
Hwangmogwa's "10 Seconds Forever"
Kim Hee-sun in "Samcheok, Immortal"
Choi Jeong-hwa's "Botross Report"
Jeong Hae-yeon's "Model"
Jeong I-dam's "Flower of Reincarnation"
Moon Ji-hyuk's "Christmas Carousel"
Kim Mok-in, Marcel Accordion Club
Jeon Geon-woo's "Ange"
Choi Yang-seon's "Shadow Butterfly"
Lee Ha-jin's "The Grave of Probability"
All of them are sweet and earnest
Lee Yuri, "Can You Sleep?"
Sim Neul's "Oh My, My Mom Kidnapped the Spaceship"
Choi Hyun-sook, "Women of Changsin-dong"
Yeonyeom 《Limited 2nd Semester Book Club》
Seo Mi-ae's "My Girlfriend"
Kim Won-young's "Our Climbing"
Jeong Ji-don, "Deaths That Cannot Be Called Modern"
Lee Seo-su's "What My First Love Left for My Sister"
Lee Kyung-hee's "Knot Organizer"
Song Kyung-ah's "Rainbow Pet Columbarium"
Hyeon Ho-jeong's "Three Colors"
Kim Hyun, Unique Form
Kim Yi-hwan, "A Better Human"
Lee Min-jin's "Muching"
Ahn Dam "Girls Grow Up Alone"
Jo Hyun-ah's "Rice-Life Clown Play"
Kim Hyo-in's "Refresh"
Jeon Hye-jin's "Cutting the Gordian Knot"
Kim Cheong-gyul's "Dehumidifier Diet"
Choi Ui-taek's "Nontunneling"
Kim Yu-dam's "Space M"
Jeon Sam-hye's "The Road to Myself"
Choi Jin-young's "Aurora"
Lee Hyuk-jin's "The Most Perfect Drive"
Kang Hwa-gil's "Young-hee and James"
Lee Moon-young's "Lucas"
Hyeonchan Yang, "For Queen Inhyeon's Return to the Royal Palace"
Cha Hyun-ji's "Different Days"
Kim Seong-jung's "Mole Man"
Kim Seo-hae's "Rabiu and Ring"
Lim Seon-woo's "0000"
Dew Na 《Bari》
Han Yu-ri's "Immortal Injeolmi"
Han Jeong-hyeon, "Love and Union, Chapter 0"
Wi Su-jeong's "The Turkey is Hidden"
Cheon Hee-ran, Author's Note
Information on "Window"
Lee Ju-ran's "At That Time"
Kim Bo-young's "It's a Wild Thing"
Lee Ju-hye's "The Room with the Chinese Parrot"
Jeong Dae-geon, Buonissimo, Naples
Kim Hee-jae, "Mars and the Attempt of Creativity"
Dan Yo "Verbena Beyond the Wall"
Moon Bo-young's "The Sad You Who Knows the Name of a Bird"
Park Seo-ryeon's "Body Body"
Geum Jeong-yeon, "It's Sunday for Everyone"
Park Yi-kang's "Job Interview"
Kim Na-hyun's "Universe of Premonition"
Kim Hwa-jin, "I Want to Be a Frog"
Kwon Kim Hyun-young's "Neither the Recipient nor the Sender, CC"
Bae Myung's "Summer of Gyehwa"
Lee Du-on's "The Disease That Kills You If You Don't Spend Money"
Kim Ji-yeon's "New Year's Practice"
Jo Woo-ri's "The Four Books of Suffering"
Yesoyeon's "Noisy Whispers"
Lee Jang-wook's "The World of Superhumans"
Seong Hae-na, "When We Are Born and Die Ten Times"
Jang Jin-young's "Kim Yong-ho"
Lee Yeon-sook's "Dad's Novel"
About things that continue even after being born and dying ten times
Author Seong Hae-na, who has emerged as the newest and freshest light in Korean literature with the publication of short story collections such as “When You Walk Away from the Light,” and novels such as “The Summer We Left Behind,” has published “When We Are Born Ten Times and Die” as part of Wisdom House’s short story series, Wipick.
The novel takes us to an old house in Sannae-myeon, Gyeongju, through the eyes of Jaeseo and Yvonne, fourth-year architecture students, and offers a leisurely view of the scenery where we can take a short break.
Jaeseo and Yvonne, who are on vacation, attend Professor Moon's summer school.
Professor Moon is someone who insists on the pencil drawing method that was popular in the 80s and 90s, even in an era when 3D programs like CAD and SketchUp were common.
Jaeseo, who had only drawn contour lines throughout the semester, unexpectedly received an A+ in this class.
Unlike Jaeseo, who has a lot of self-doubt and lacks confidence to the point of submitting a grade appeal even after receiving the highest grade, Yvonne is an excellent student who can do anything with flying colors.
Jae-seo, who takes each step with doubt, and Yvonne, who seems extraordinary even with a single word, are two very different people who leave for Gyeongju to do Professor Moon's homework.
What awaited them in Gyeongju was an old house that was two hundred years old.
From the collapsed roof after two earthquakes to the inefficient passageways and the cracks in the joints connecting the columns and beams… … .
Contrary to the wishes of the client, Jeongyeon Kwon, who wants to fix up the house and use it again, the two people's opinions lean towards 'reconstruction', which is to "demolish the pillars and beams and rebuild the main structure with steel bars" (p. 66).
Professor Moon recommended taking measurements and drawing with a pencil, but Jaeseo and Yvonne, pressed for time, submitted the results of transferring the existing drawings of the old house to CAD.
After receiving Professor Moon's cold criticism, I finally get to take a good look around the old house and the city of Gyeongju.
The novel, with its meticulous and flawless sentences, like building a house, thoroughly explores not only Jae-seo and Yvonne, who are just "guests who stop by," but also the mother and daughter Kwon Jeong-yeon, who live there as if it were their fate, the grandfather who guides Cheomseongdae, and the villagers.
Rather than the house itself, it talks about the 'building heart' that lends the most beautiful scenery to a loved one and "prays inwardly that they will live well" (p. 85).
A special experience that allows you to breathe deeply into 'a single story'
Beginning in November 2022, Wisdom House will be introducing the most diverse and newest stories of Korean literature, one per week, through its short story serial project, "Weekly Fiction."
Over the past year, 50 stories have been loved by readers, including Gu Byeong-mo's "Shred," Jo Ye-eun's "Waiting for the High Tide," Ahn Dam's "The Girl Grows Alone," and Choi Jin-young's "Aurora."
The Wepick series publishes serialized novels in this way, and rather than the conventional method of binding together several short stories, it takes the unusual approach of composing a book with only one short story, giving readers the special experience of breathing deeply into each story.
Wepick is not bound by any criteria or distinctions such as material or format, and focuses solely on the completeness of a single story.
Through novels by a variety of authors, including novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, and youth literature writers, we break down genres and boundaries, expanding the possibilities and enjoyment of stories.
Following the 50 episodes of Season 1, Season 2 is filled with even more new writers and stories.
Season 2 will feature writers Kang Hwa-gil, Lim Seon-woo, Dan Yo, Jeong Bo-ra, Kim Bo-young, Lee Mi-sang, Kim Hwa-jin, Jeong I-hyeon, Lim Sol-ah, and Hwang Jeong-eun.
Additionally, Season 2 will include author interviews, telling a variety of stories both inside and outside of the works, further enriching the annual festival of 50 stories.
[Introducing the Wepick Series]
Wepick is a short story series from Wisdom House.
It offers a special experience of breathing deeply into ‘one story’.
I dream that this small piece will become a new piece that expands your world, that each small piece will come together to become your story, and that it will become a piece of literature that will be deeply engraved in your heart.
A Piece of Literature, Wepick
Koo Byung-mo's "Shred"
Lee Hee-joo's "Mayumi"
Yoon Ja-young's "Grandma's Tteokbokki Recipe"
Park So-yeon's "Crowded but Secretive"
Kim Ki-chang's "The Visitor on Christmas Eve"
Lee Jong-san's "Blue Marble"
Kwak Jae-sik's "The End of Space War"
Kim Dong-sik's "The Hundred Buttons"
Bae Ye-ram, "I Will Be Under the Water"
Lee So-ho's "My Crazy Neighbor"
Oh Han-gi's "My Happy Parenting Diary"
Jo Ye-eun's "Waiting for High Tide"
Dojinki 《Animation》
Park Sol-moe's "Girlfriends of the Far East"
Jeong Hye-yoon's "Workshop for People Who Want to Feel at Peace"
Hwangmogwa's "10 Seconds Forever"
Kim Hee-sun in "Samcheok, Immortal"
Choi Jeong-hwa's "Botross Report"
Jeong Hae-yeon's "Model"
Jeong I-dam's "Flower of Reincarnation"
Moon Ji-hyuk's "Christmas Carousel"
Kim Mok-in, Marcel Accordion Club
Jeon Geon-woo's "Ange"
Choi Yang-seon's "Shadow Butterfly"
Lee Ha-jin's "The Grave of Probability"
All of them are sweet and earnest
Lee Yuri, "Can You Sleep?"
Sim Neul's "Oh My, My Mom Kidnapped the Spaceship"
Choi Hyun-sook, "Women of Changsin-dong"
Yeonyeom 《Limited 2nd Semester Book Club》
Seo Mi-ae's "My Girlfriend"
Kim Won-young's "Our Climbing"
Jeong Ji-don, "Deaths That Cannot Be Called Modern"
Lee Seo-su's "What My First Love Left for My Sister"
Lee Kyung-hee's "Knot Organizer"
Song Kyung-ah's "Rainbow Pet Columbarium"
Hyeon Ho-jeong's "Three Colors"
Kim Hyun, Unique Form
Kim Yi-hwan, "A Better Human"
Lee Min-jin's "Muching"
Ahn Dam "Girls Grow Up Alone"
Jo Hyun-ah's "Rice-Life Clown Play"
Kim Hyo-in's "Refresh"
Jeon Hye-jin's "Cutting the Gordian Knot"
Kim Cheong-gyul's "Dehumidifier Diet"
Choi Ui-taek's "Nontunneling"
Kim Yu-dam's "Space M"
Jeon Sam-hye's "The Road to Myself"
Choi Jin-young's "Aurora"
Lee Hyuk-jin's "The Most Perfect Drive"
Kang Hwa-gil's "Young-hee and James"
Lee Moon-young's "Lucas"
Hyeonchan Yang, "For Queen Inhyeon's Return to the Royal Palace"
Cha Hyun-ji's "Different Days"
Kim Seong-jung's "Mole Man"
Kim Seo-hae's "Rabiu and Ring"
Lim Seon-woo's "0000"
Dew Na 《Bari》
Han Yu-ri's "Immortal Injeolmi"
Han Jeong-hyeon, "Love and Union, Chapter 0"
Wi Su-jeong's "The Turkey is Hidden"
Cheon Hee-ran, Author's Note
Information on "Window"
Lee Ju-ran's "At That Time"
Kim Bo-young's "It's a Wild Thing"
Lee Ju-hye's "The Room with the Chinese Parrot"
Jeong Dae-geon, Buonissimo, Naples
Kim Hee-jae, "Mars and the Attempt of Creativity"
Dan Yo "Verbena Beyond the Wall"
Moon Bo-young's "The Sad You Who Knows the Name of a Bird"
Park Seo-ryeon's "Body Body"
Geum Jeong-yeon, "It's Sunday for Everyone"
Park Yi-kang's "Job Interview"
Kim Na-hyun's "Universe of Premonition"
Kim Hwa-jin, "I Want to Be a Frog"
Kwon Kim Hyun-young's "Neither the Recipient nor the Sender, CC"
Bae Myung's "Summer of Gyehwa"
Lee Du-on's "The Disease That Kills You If You Don't Spend Money"
Kim Ji-yeon's "New Year's Practice"
Jo Woo-ri's "The Four Books of Suffering"
Yesoyeon's "Noisy Whispers"
Lee Jang-wook's "The World of Superhumans"
Seong Hae-na, "When We Are Born and Die Ten Times"
Jang Jin-young's "Kim Yong-ho"
Lee Yeon-sook's "Dad's Novel"
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: March 19, 2025
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 136 pages | 210g | 100*180*15mm
- ISBN13: 9791171717330
- ISBN10: 1171717334
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