{"product_id":"134233","title":"To the novelist who has not yet arrived ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYC5RFOr10GBEMnoSGCW8Zln4LVFz.png?v=1765026860\" 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 To the novelist who has not yet arrived \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\/momo\/TopCate5904\/MidCate5\/590345345.jpg\" 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\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Do you really want to write a novel?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kenji Maruyama, the writer of solitude and seclusion\u003cbr\u003e Advice to Upcoming Novelists\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMaruyama Genji is a writer of 'solitude' and 'reclusion' who has never interacted with the literary world and has devoted himself solely to writing.\u003cbr\u003e He broke his rule of dedicating himself to writing novels and took up his pen for others.\u003cbr\u003e This book, \"To the Novelist Who Has Not Yet Arrived,\" is advice from Genji to future novelists who have yet to appear.\u003cbr\u003e For the past 30 years, I've been collecting the words I wanted to say to them, hoping that when they pick up their pens and start writing, they won't be disappointed and run away after diving into the world of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Genji's words are blunt and cold, but at the same time, they are filled with deep affection.\u003cbr\u003e I spare no support and encouragement so that my juniors can follow this path without hesitation and bravely jump into the vast ocean of literature. \u003cbr\u003eIt asks not only about the technical elements required to become a novelist, but also what it means to write a novel, to do literature.\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 Preface: What the Novelist Lost\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Novelist I'm Waiting For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The novelist who has not yet arrived\u003cbr\u003e Strange World\u003cbr\u003e A novelist of an age of comfort\u003cbr\u003e literary talent\u003cbr\u003e Three Types of Aspiring Novelists\u003cbr\u003e The third type I'm looking forward to\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Learn how to write while writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Write it down first\u003cbr\u003e Once you start writing, there's no looking back.\u003cbr\u003e If you have talent, you fall into self-loathing.\u003cbr\u003e An image that loses its flavor when translated into language\u003cbr\u003e Rewrite it at least seven times\u003cbr\u003e Even if you complete a piece, you will not submit it.\u003cbr\u003e Prepare notes\u003cbr\u003e Dream of creating a work of art\u003cbr\u003e Develop expressive power that is not limited to video\u003cbr\u003e The Novelist's Tools\u003cbr\u003e Keep silent\u003cbr\u003e sort out relationships with friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 After debuting as a novelist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First steps as a novelist\u003cbr\u003e Don't trust your editor too much\u003cbr\u003e Never compromise\u003cbr\u003e Manuscript fees are different from the evaluation of the work. 9\u003cbr\u003e Self-reliance is the path to becoming a novelist.\u003cbr\u003e At the awards ceremony\u003cbr\u003e Living solely on royalties\u003cbr\u003e Don't be satisfied with just satisfying the desires in front of you.\u003cbr\u003e No matter how much you are struggling, you will never be asked for an advance payment.\u003cbr\u003e Exchanges with novelists\u003cbr\u003e Enforcing 'solitude' and 'individuality'\u003cbr\u003e A novel unprecedented in the world\u003cbr\u003e Don't explain your work\u003cbr\u003e Leave your job\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Living with a Pen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To a novelist, a work is\u003cbr\u003e Those who come\u003cbr\u003e The art of looking into the soul\u003cbr\u003e Mental fatigue should not be overlooked\u003cbr\u003e Physical fitness is also important\u003cbr\u003e Alcohol and drugs that kill brain cells\u003cbr\u003e The brain shines brightest when it's hungry.\u003cbr\u003e Control yourself strictly\u003cbr\u003e There is a time to put down and a time to rush in.\u003cbr\u003e Should I live in the city or the countryside?\u003cbr\u003e Lower the standard of living \u003cbr\u003eKnowledge for Creation\u003cbr\u003e The countryside is the most suitable place for the revival of literature.\u003cbr\u003e Don't approach power\u003cbr\u003e What can we do in front of a starving child?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Into the vast sea of ​​literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is this work appropriate for its age?\u003cbr\u003e I need you\u003cbr\u003e The swamp of novels\u003cbr\u003e Don't look back at the beach\u003cbr\u003e You won't know until you try\u003cbr\u003e Don't be swayed by your own judgment\u003cbr\u003e When I was sick of loneliness\u003cbr\u003e Returning to the novel, the challenge lies ahead\u003cbr\u003e Write a prequel novel\u003cbr\u003e The person who will carry the literature of the future\u003c\/b\u003e\n\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\/TopCate5904\/MidCate5\/590345350.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 The \"novelists yet to come\" mentioned in this book do not simply refer to the countless unknown newcomers who vaguely dream or hope to become novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Learning how to write by writing is a much faster process than attending a class at a cultural center taught by a third-rate novelist. \u003cbr\u003eMoreover, since you are not influenced by established literature, you can find your own literary path.\u003cbr\u003e And once you've finished your first novel, it will become clear whether you're just a self-absorbed, self-deprecating person who has turned your back on the world, or whether you possess something truly gifted.\u003cbr\u003e It's worth a try just to see if you have the talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.37-38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New literature is never born from the existing types of novelists or their lives and writing methods.\u003cbr\u003e It all depends on whether you maintain an independent spirit and the ability to go it alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps the artist's agony is something that disappears after sweating profusely.\u003cbr\u003e It would be truly ridiculous to neglect the body and then treat suffering for the sake of suffering as the subject of a novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.141\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere comes a time when I feel the agony that this is not the kind of novel I want to write, that the novel I aim for is something much more tremendous.\u003cbr\u003e This is the result of a gradual improvement in vision rather than skill.\u003cbr\u003e The more seriously I write, the less the mountain I'm climbing feels, and even when I reach the top, I'm not particularly impressed. I'm disappointed to find that there are far higher and more attractive peaks around me.\u003cbr\u003e But never be impatient.\u003cbr\u003e Don't do things like throw away the work you're currently working on and try something else.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.200\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\u003e“This book was written only by a novelist like you.\u003cbr\u003e Because I wanted you to appear.”\u003cbr\u003e Expectations and Requests for Novelists Who Have Not Yet Arrived\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf this minimal common sense that a novelist should devote himself to writing seems idealistic or ascetic, then your real goal is not fiction, so before you pick up your pen, ask yourself this question:\u003cbr\u003e 'Do you really want to write a novel?'\u003cbr\u003e (Pages 8-9, from the 'Preface')\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is not for those who vaguely dream of becoming a novelist.\u003cbr\u003e So, we cannot find any plausible words, either literary or artistic.\u003cbr\u003e The 'novelist who has not yet arrived' that Maruyama Genji is waiting for is the savior of the literary world.\u003cbr\u003e He is someone who will overcome the easy and pitiful reality and “walk straight down the path of a novelist.”\u003cbr\u003e As a senior who has walked that path first, he reveals in detail what the life of a novelist is, filled with solitude, seclusion, creativity, and independence. \u003cbr\u003eIn other words, it clearly organizes comprehensive advice on novelists' eating habits, money management and health, interpersonal relationships, living environment, methods of writing and revising novels, talent, and effort.\u003cbr\u003e Genji's advice is clear.\u003cbr\u003e If you are a novelist, you should devote yourself to your novels. If there is anything that is hindering you from doing so, you should sort it out and give it up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first chapter, “The Novelist I’m Waiting For,” talks about the “three types” of aspiring novelists.\u003cbr\u003e First, the yearning type who says, ‘I want to write a novel like someone else’s work.’\u003cbr\u003e Second, the type that starts with the thought, ‘If it’s to this extent, I can write it somehow, right?’\u003cbr\u003e Third, there is the type who doubts, \"Can this level be called literature?\", then denies it, saying, \"This is not literature,\" and finally picks up the pen with the determination, \"I will write a much more amazing novel.\" \u003cbr\u003eAmong these, the novelist that Genji is looking forward to is the ‘third type.’\u003cbr\u003e This is because they possess the true talent to become true novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The second chapter, “Learning to Write While Writing,” provides specific advice on how to prepare a manuscript to debut as a novelist, and the third chapter, “After Debuting as a Novelist,” provides specific advice on how to realistically live after debuting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The fourth chapter, “Living with a Pen,” and the fifth chapter, “Into the Middle of the Wide Sea of ​​Literature,” discuss the novelist’s attitude in earnest.\u003cbr\u003e It asks what it means to write a novel, to do literature, and whether there is a place to return to beyond the novel.\u003cbr\u003e I also look forward to the emergence of a new novelist who will shoulder the literature of the future, that is, a 'you' who has not yet arrived.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is not literature that has declined,\u003cbr\u003e “A person related to literature”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat a true novelist guards against\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As long as humans use language as a tool for communication, the life of literature will be eternal.\u003cbr\u003e What has declined is not literature, but the people who relate to literature.\u003cbr\u003e (Page 209, from \"Those Who Will Carry the Literature of the Future\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Genji cries out that literature as it has been up to now is in decline.\u003cbr\u003e To be precise, it is not literature, but all 'humans' who have a relationship with literature that have fallen into the abyss.\u003cbr\u003e This includes not only novelists, but also editors, readers, and critics.\u003cbr\u003e A novelist who wanders around with a sidelong glance at things that aren't novels, an editor who has no love for literature and is only interested in using company money to socialize with novelists, an undiscerning reader who expects something from novelists that isn't part of their work, and a critic who considers the works they read and were impressed by in their youth to be the best in the world and doesn't go any further. \u003cbr\u003eThese people formed a force and became the mainstream of the literary world, and by excluding values ​​different from their own as non-literary, they ultimately drove literature down the path of decline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He criticizes today's literature as nothing more than \"a game where grown-ups get together and pretend to be artists.\"\u003cbr\u003e In particular, he strongly criticizes existing novelists, especially novelists who appear on TV programs, give lectures, and are paid several times the manuscript fee due to their somewhat well-known reputation, and novelists who write 'little' works as soon as they are commissioned under the pretext of making a living.\u003cbr\u003e The same goes for novelists who approach the authority of a literary world or the power of a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wouldn't this be the era of true literature?\u003cbr\u003e Whether that happens or not depends on the emergence of a novelist who is the exact opposite of existing novelists. \u003cbr\u003eUnless such novelists emerge, literature will forever remain stagnant and doomed to sink.\u003cbr\u003e (Page 25, from \"Novelists of an Era of Comfort\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So, what does it take to become a true novelist of the age of literature? Genji's answer: stamina, self-reliance, sincerity, and a never-ending focus.\u003cbr\u003e He is consistently wary of seeing anything other than fiction.\u003cbr\u003e That is, you have to have the will to write on your own, write on your own, and never let go of the novel you wrote, no matter how many years it takes.\u003cbr\u003e In this way, you will “learn to swim by holding onto language and eventually set sail for the distant sea.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'They laugh at this book,\u003cbr\u003e To the future novelist who will surprise me'\u003cbr\u003e I want to show it through works, not words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the vast ocean of literature, I eagerly await your sudden appearance from beyond the horizon.\u003cbr\u003e And I look forward to seeing you, who, in a completely different position than I, will come up with a work that will surprise me while ridiculing this book.\u003cbr\u003e (Page 215, from \"Those Who Will Carry the Literature of the Future\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The novelist Genji is waiting for is a novelist who lives an 'independent life'.\u003cbr\u003e Only novelists who are independent or who are trying to become independent can shoulder the burden of future literature.\u003cbr\u003e People born in a stable era, people who are overly affluent, people who want to return to being children, authoritarians, and servile people cannot create new works.\u003cbr\u003e It is said that we should be able to live a minimal life by eating less, earning less, and meeting fewer people.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSo, after 30 years, he's finally taking the plunge and pouring out his life's work to a new generation of young novelists, hoping they'll \"laugh at this book and show up with a work that will surprise me.\"\u003cbr\u003e This advice is in line with the attitude of a novelist that Genji emphasizes countless times in this book.\u003cbr\u003e It may also be a supportive message, hoping that he will reject his own advice and follow his own path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of course, the independence that Genji pursues does not mean isolation and disconnection.\u003cbr\u003e Just because you're organizing your relationships and not relying on others, or fighting against loneliness, doesn't mean you're completely closed off.\u003cbr\u003e The attitude of a self-reliant novelist is a noble one: to delve deeply into one's own essence, to peer into the hearts of others, and to open one's heart to understand what this world is all about.\u003cbr\u003e It is a forward-looking attitude, the opposite of a lifestyle that is endlessly shut in. \u003cbr\u003eSo, it is an attitude of pouring out everything you want to say only through ‘works’. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\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%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePage count, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216 pages | 122*190*12mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9791166893742 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\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\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43891520045098,"sku":"134233","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/377f0b7e34584656da0765defc8bf0f3.jpg?v=1765328291","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/134233","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}