{"product_id":"133844","title":"The Book of Joy ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYCCzyw4VKJuJXzvT6fGn93YNTjWP.png?v=1765020656\" 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 The Book of Joy \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/150159826\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\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\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\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv 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\u003eThe vitality of plants discovered in the garden, small rituals on airplanes, high-fives with strangers - these are the scenes of joy captured by poet Ross Gay throughout the year.\u003cbr\u003e The Book of Joy is a record of the practice of observing and discovering the joy that changes the course of life.\u003cbr\u003e Ross Gay says that joy is not simply an emotion, but an attitude that seeks to discover something shining within the world without turning a blind eye to its complexity and fragility.\u003cbr\u003e Ross Gay moves between modern sensibilities and poetic thought, expanding the emotion of joy into a language that is both sensual and political.\u003cbr\u003e Observing and celebrating joys big and small ultimately becomes the most elegant form of resistance against the prejudice and violence that permeate our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\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 introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e What should I say, it's my birthday\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e Inefficiency\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e Flowers blooming on the curb\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003cbr\u003eBreaking a promise\u003cbr\u003e 5.\u003cbr\u003e hole in the head\u003cbr\u003e 6.\u003cbr\u003e Still recovering\u003cbr\u003e 7.\u003cbr\u003e praying mantis\u003cbr\u003e 8.\u003cbr\u003e Greetings among black people\u003cbr\u003e 9.\u003cbr\u003e High fives from strangers\u003cbr\u003e 10.\u003cbr\u003e Handwriting\u003cbr\u003e 11.\u003cbr\u003e Transplanting\u003cbr\u003e 12.\u003cbr\u003e Nicknames\u003cbr\u003e 13.\u003cbr\u003e But, perhaps…\u003cbr\u003e 14.\u003cbr\u003e “Ecstasy is a profoundly human madness.”\u003cbr\u003e 15.\u003cbr\u003e house party\u003cbr\u003e 16.\u003cbr\u003e hummingbird\u003cbr\u003e 17 Just a dream\u003cbr\u003e 18.\u003cbr\u003e “That feels a bit like Bambi…”\u003cbr\u003e 19.\u003cbr\u003e Gratitude, something that cannot be suppressed\u003cbr\u003e 20.\u003cbr\u003e Knock knock\u003cbr\u003e 21.\u003cbr\u003e Coffee served without a coaster\u003cbr\u003e (syncopation)\u003cbr\u003e 102.\u003cbr\u003e my birthday\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Translator's Note\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\/MidCate008\/547777330.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 I will write down one joy every day for a year.\u003cbr\u003e It will start on my birthday, August 1st, and end on the same day the following year.\u003cbr\u003e The first draft will be written quickly.\u003cbr\u003e To be written by hand.\u003cbr\u003e The rules made my work a discipline and a form of practice for me.\u003cbr\u003e Spend time each day thinking about and writing about joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the joys of gardening that I'm slowly discovering is that it fosters a sense of zen. \u003cbr\u003eIt seems that insects that are captivated by the blooming lilies or cherry blossoms are inducing some kind of hallucination that prevents us from carrying out our consumer lifestyles.\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps the logic of joy is what hinders the logic of capital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Actually, joy is now contained in a plastic bag in the storage compartment above my head.\u003cbr\u003e It's probably going to smell a little bad with my dirty clothes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I rarely call my loved ones by their real names.\u003cbr\u003e If they say it's okay, I'll call them by the name I gave them.\u003cbr\u003e I wonder if this means that I think of those I love as my children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The human body that reads poetry contains a diversity that a single poem on the page can never reproduce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I have written well about how joy and nostalgia, joy and loneliness – or, more precisely, existential loneliness, irreversible loneliness – are connected. \u003cbr\u003eThe two emotions are related.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As these joys gathered and accumulated, I naturally began to recognize a pattern.\u003cbr\u003e The patterns of joys moving, unfolding, walking slowly, stumbling, or mumbling until I understand them.\u003cbr\u003e And the patterns of how I engage in the process of creating joys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Simple observation may not seem like it deserves to be a joy, but sometimes just observing is a joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A brother addicted to drugs, a murdered mother, a father who died during surgery, someone rejected by his family, cancer that came back, someone who was evicted, an unhealthy fetus.\u003cbr\u003e Everyone, always, lives on despite all this.\u003cbr\u003e Not to mention the existential sadness that we all suffer from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is just a hypothesis, and I doubt there's enough evidence to make it a law - our joy increases when we share it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e--- From the text\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 \u003cb\u003egaze at joy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some joys are spontaneous and explosive, while others are hidden in the corners of life.\u003cbr\u003e American poet and essayist Ross Gay argues that the emotion of \"joy\" is not simply a pleasant emotional response, but rather a sense that must be constantly practiced and trained, fully embracing the fragility and complexity of life.\u003cbr\u003e He started a project to write about one 'joy' every day for a year to celebrate his birthday, and this book was completed based on those records.\u003cbr\u003e In over 100 essays on various types of joy, Ross Gay says:\u003cbr\u003e “I will write down one joy every day for a year.\u003cbr\u003e It will start on my birthday, August 1st, and end on the same day the following year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first draft will be written quickly.\u003cbr\u003e To be written by hand.\u003cbr\u003e The rules made my work a discipline and a form of practice for me. \u003cbr\u003e“Spend time every day thinking about and writing about joy.” The joy described in The Book of Joy isn’t just a bright and optimistic moment.\u003cbr\u003e It's closer to an attitude of opening one's sensitive senses and tentacles, and trying to discover something that still shines within the complexity and contradictions of the world without turning away from it.\u003cbr\u003e A nickname given to a friend, a quick conversation at the airport, a high-five with a stranger, the vitality of a plant growing in the garden – Ross Gay tells us that joy doesn't just happen, but is an act of actively discovering, observing, and collecting.\u003cbr\u003e This book shows how an attitude toward discovering joy can transform your life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpanding Joy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Book of Joy is not a record of personal feelings. \u003cbr\u003eRoss Gay says that sharing joy with others is the most active form of resistance we can choose in an age rife with anxiety, hatred, alienation, and violence.\u003cbr\u003e The attitude of thinking about and sharing joy becomes a resolute practice of strengthening affection and solidarity toward one another even in a life filled with oppression, loss, sorrow, and anger.\u003cbr\u003e “A brother addicted to drugs, a murdered mother, a father who died during surgery, someone rejected by his family, cancer that came back, someone who was evicted, an unhealthy fetus.\u003cbr\u003e Everyone, always, lives on despite all this.\u003cbr\u003e “Not to mention the existential sadness that we all suffer from.” He poetically restores the humor, brotherhood, and communal joy found in everyday rituals, especially in the Black community, and shows how this can be a way to confront political oppression. \u003cbr\u003eJoy is not a look away, but a gaze, not an escape, but a confrontation.\u003cbr\u003e The joy he explores borderlessly blends emotions of pain and nostalgia, loss and recovery, and gives us, living in this world today, a powerful force.\u003cbr\u003e “I have written well about how joy and longing, joy and loneliness – or, more precisely, existential loneliness, irreversible loneliness – are connected.\u003cbr\u003e “The two emotions are related.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating joy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Book of Joy is more like a living festival of language than a record of quiet meditation.\u003cbr\u003e Ross Gay's prose is raw and honest, capturing humor, jokes, and the flow of spontaneous thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e He captures the small joys of the day, pushes them into words, twists them freely, and unfolds them leisurely. \u003cbr\u003eRhythmic sentences, hip-hop and basketball, movies and neighborly jokes - his writing is a unique form of poetic practice, alive with the poet's stamp and contemporary sensibility.\u003cbr\u003e “As these joys gathered and accumulated, I naturally began to recognize a pattern.\u003cbr\u003e “The patterns of joys that move, unfold, walk slowly, stumble, or mutter until I understand them.” These writings go beyond private records and become a public language that enables a social solidarity of emotions.\u003cbr\u003e The Book of Joy reminds us that the sensations we often overlook—walking, looking, talking, laughing, and being absentminded—are the most fundamental forces that make up life.\u003cbr\u003e This book unfolds like a map that provides clues to reviving the senses that have become dulled by fatigue and anxiety and to restoring a broken relationship with the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe writings contained herein are over 100 adventures and performances by a graceful writer.\u003cbr\u003e As is often the case with engaging writing, while translating it, I found myself wanting to write something like this.\u003cbr\u003e While translating, I just kept thinking about lists.\u003cbr\u003e The sleeping face of a child who will soon wake up and start babbling, a thick English dictionary bought for 2,000 won at a second-hand store (also used to work on this book), a cactus instead of a wreath at a newly opened taco shop, a lunchbox that I finally put to good use on my way to and from the studio, flowers on the roadside that I always pass by without paying attention, but then I remember the writer's habit and end up looking at.\u003cbr\u003e There is a wonderful response to this unexpected joy in this book.\u003cbr\u003e \"We are everywhere.\" - From the translator's note, Kim Mok-in 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