{"product_id":"134406","title":"Man of Joy ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYC5RIjgB01fg64ELUT5BBU7S7oAp.png?v=1765031897\" 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 Man of Joy \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\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=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" 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\/141331237\/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\u003e \"Man of Ecstasy\" is an essay by Christian Bobin, a beloved French poet and essayist who listens to silence, waits for beauty with bated breath, and creates and presents a moment of everyday life with words chosen with meticulous care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 『Man of Joy』 is composed of seventeen short stories, including a preface, about miracles encountered in the small scenes of everyday life, art and artists, books and flowers, symbolic figures, fantasies, and letters to a woman one longs for, along with short handwritten paragraphs interspersed among the stories. \u003cbr\u003eWithin each story, deep thought and humanity are compressed into Bobin's clear and transparent writing style, which he also displayed in his previous work, \"The Little Party Dress.\"\u003cbr\u003e The poet's delicate and soft voice and his unique perspective on everyday life unite these disparate texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, what Bobin wants to convey through these stories is 'something so small that it risks being damaged if spoken of', 'something that never goes against nature', and 'a purity that blooms among the impure'. In other words, it is 'a wounded life reddened by clumsiness', and Bobin says he has never seen anything as true as that.\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 It's Maria\u003cbr\u003e Soulage\u003cbr\u003e Irresistible\u003cbr\u003e prince\u003cbr\u003e Blue Notebook\u003cbr\u003e Oleander Island\u003cbr\u003e lion head\u003cbr\u003e golden eyes\u003cbr\u003e new life\u003cbr\u003e The Hand of Life \u003cbr\u003eLiving Treasure\u003cbr\u003e Moments of stillness\u003cbr\u003e Better than an angel\u003cbr\u003e small charcoal\u003cbr\u003e return\u003cbr\u003e keychain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Flower of Joy, Washing of Joy\u003cbr\u003e (Recommendation: Poet Kim Yeon-deok)\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\/TopCate5092\/MidCate006\/509154954.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 only like books that have the blue of the sky permeating every page.\u003cbr\u003e I'm talking about the blue that has already experienced the darkness of death.\u003cbr\u003e If my sentences are smiling, it is because they came out of this darkness.\u003cbr\u003e I have been living my life struggling to escape the depression that is pulling me in endlessly.\u003cbr\u003e It cost me a lot to get this smile.\u003cbr\u003e I am writing to return to you the blue of this sky, like a gold coin that fell from your pocket.\u003cbr\u003e This majestic blue will bring tears to your eyes as it signals the end of despair.\u003cbr\u003e Do you know what I mean?\u003cbr\u003e --- p.18\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA woman said that her child had liked Soulages' paintings since he was four years old, but she did not know why.\u003cbr\u003e When he was about the same age as the child, Soulage painted all his snowy landscapes in black.\u003cbr\u003e I understand the child in front of me.\u003cbr\u003e Even Soulage, who was a child, understood.\u003cbr\u003e But nothing can be explained.\u003cbr\u003e Explanations can never make it understood.\u003cbr\u003e The light of true enlightenment can only come from inspiration, an inner outpouring that no one can determine.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When we speak, we remain in the words, and when we are silent, we remain in the silence.\u003cbr\u003e But when I play music, I clear that space and leave, and I disappear into the faint melody, free from the toil of words and silence.\u003cbr\u003e Like a young man walking away without knowing where he is going, we too are walking away.\u003cbr\u003e If you know your destination, you won't get far away. \u003cbr\u003eBeing in music is like being in love.\u003cbr\u003e You have entered the fragile path of life.\u003cbr\u003e We pass from point A to point B, from one light to another.\u003cbr\u003e We are somewhere in between, staggering in the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e Tolerate uncertainty, smile at hesitation, and, forgetting everything else, pay attention to the faint movement of life within us.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I want to write a book that people can read even after they lose a loved one.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If we have just one poem in our pocket, we can walk across death.\u003cbr\u003e Reading, writing, and loving are the trinity that saves us.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A crystal glass shatters in the sink and blood forms on my fingers.\u003cbr\u003e Drops of blood.\u003cbr\u003e A red cloud hanging in the sky called skin, a poem muttered by a living being.\u003cbr\u003e The beast, the cloud, and the plate know the great shock that life gives. \u003cbr\u003eTheir excellence, their scattering, their toothless edges prove it.\u003cbr\u003e I believe in cow dung, paper books, and washing dishes by hand.\u003cbr\u003e I have never seen anything so true as a life scarred and reddened by clumsiness.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We are just ahead of the huge black waves, from which a loud noise can be heard occasionally in the distance.\u003cbr\u003e What should I do with this fleeting prospect? What could possibly be meaningful? If it weren't for something as trivial as walking down a country road, opening a book, and watching a rose bud burst into bloom.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I look at the blue of the sky.\u003cbr\u003e There is no door.\u003cbr\u003e Or maybe the door had been open a long time ago.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes, in this greenness, I hear laughter like the laughter of flowers.\u003cbr\u003e A sound that cannot be heard unless it is shared directly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I put that greenness here in this book for you.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 175\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\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \"Writing is like drawing a door in an impassable wall and then opening it.\" How should we evaluate a book by someone who begins with such a sentence? - French journal L'Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An essay by Christian Bobin, a beloved French poet and essayist who listens to silence, waits for beauty, and carefully selects words to create and present a moment of everyday life, \"The Man of Ecstasy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 『Man of Joy』 is composed of seventeen short stories, including a preface, about miracles encountered in the small scenes of everyday life, art and artists, books and flowers, symbolic figures, fantasies, and letters to a woman one longs for, along with short handwritten paragraphs interspersed among the stories. \u003cbr\u003eWithin each story, deep thought and humanity are compressed into Bobin's clear and transparent writing style, which he also displayed in his previous work, \"The Little Party Dress.\"\u003cbr\u003e The poet's delicate and soft voice and his unique perspective on everyday life unite these disparate texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Bobang has its own style.\u003cbr\u003e 'It is about approaching literature with the joy that words give and the light they convey,' said Guy Goffette, Belgian poet and editor of Gallimard.\u003cbr\u003e 『The Man of Joy』 goes straight into the essence through the simplest path leading to the soul.\u003cbr\u003e - French journal Le Monde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the book progresses, Bobin introduces us to a series of people who \"bear uncertainty, smile at hesitation, and, forgetting everything else, pay attention to the faint movement of life within us.\" \u003cbr\u003eSoulages, who painted all the snowy landscapes black when he was a child; Gould, who left for Canada to leave behind only music; Pascal, who ran with the sparks of fire with a rustling eternity in the inside pocket of his jacket; Menuhin and Oistrakh, who played like a conversation while facing each other so that their sacred lives would not harden coldly; Bach, the madman who kept 'the eternity' at the head of his bed because his anxiety was so great.\u003cbr\u003e The face of these people, who more vividly than anyone else demonstrate that anxiety and calm, silence and life, love and pain are one body, also overlaps with the face of 'Gislen', the woman Bobin loved.\u003cbr\u003e (Recommendation)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Looking at them, what Bobain ultimately wants to convey is 'something so small that it risks being damaged if spoken of', 'something that never goes against nature', and 'purity that blooms among the impure'. \u003cbr\u003eIt is, so to speak, 'a life scarred by clumsiness,' and Bobin says he has never seen anything as true as that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bobin's poetic sentences are always accompanied by adjectives such as 'delicate', 'soft', and 'clear and transparent'.\u003cbr\u003e But Bobin confesses that all of this writing comes from deep darkness.\u003cbr\u003e He also said, 'When talking about death, you should speak in a soft voice as if you were talking about love' (In the Garden of Longing, 1984 Books).\u003cbr\u003e The green that breaks through the darkness of death.\u003cbr\u003e Even amidst the world's widespread pain and suffering, the departure and absence of loved ones, and the darkness and death, Bobin's sentences bring smiles and laughter, giving us back the \"blueness of the sky, like a gold coin dropped from a pocket\" that we once lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I only like books that have the blue of the sky permeating every page. \u003cbr\u003eI'm talking about the blue that has already experienced the darkness of death.\u003cbr\u003e If my sentences are smiling, it is because they came out of this darkness.\u003cbr\u003e I have been living my life struggling to escape the depression that is pulling me in endlessly.\u003cbr\u003e It cost me a lot to get this smile.\u003cbr\u003e I am writing to return to you the blue of this sky, like a gold coin that fell from your pocket.\u003cbr\u003e This majestic blue will bring tears to your eyes as it signals the end of despair.\u003cbr\u003e You know what I mean, right?” - From the “Preface”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book 'can never be understood through explanation'.\u003cbr\u003e In his words, 'the light of true enlightenment can only come from inspiration, an inner outpouring that no one can determine.'\u003cbr\u003e So, I ask you to read it and encounter the inspiration that dwells within you. \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 January 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - 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