
Invasion of First Love
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She confessed her unrequited love, that she was an alien
The title 'Invasion of First Love' is not a metaphor. In the title story of this romance collection, “Invasion of First Love,” the older sister who captured the protagonist’s heart is an alien who came to invade Earth. The situations of the main characters in other works also appear to be difficult. They have in mind a god who always comes in last in performance evaluations, an alien who has no intention of invading Earth, and a spy from North Korea. A love story that touches your heart like a watercolor painting Stories that capture attention with the appearance of extraordinary, if not extraordinary, beings soon tenderly embrace the entire process of love. From the moment I started to panic at the sudden bloom of my heart to the moment my lifelong partner told me to break up with him, countless scenes engraved in my heart because I loved someone are imprinted throughout the pages of the book like detailed watercolors. The reason I stop turning the pages of a book and suddenly find myself thinking about a love that is passing by or will come is because those gentle expressions have the power to touch my heart. A spokesperson for the wounded who leads readers with a unique worldview Author Kwon Hyuk-il is a rising star who achieved a 721% crowdfunding goal simply by revealing the synopsis of his first full-length novel. The author's ability to arouse curiosity with a worldview that stands out for its creativity and to elicit empathy by representing the wounded can be seen in "Invasion of First Love," which demonstrates the captivating synergy created by the short story format and the romance genre. |
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Invasion of First Love · 6p
All the Yellow in the World · 54p
To get to the North Pole from Gwanghwamun Intersection · 116p
Hawaiian Stir-fried Squid · 174p
Author's Note · 218p
Producer's Note · 222p
All the Yellow in the World · 54p
To get to the North Pole from Gwanghwamun Intersection · 116p
Hawaiian Stir-fried Squid · 174p
Author's Note · 218p
Producer's Note · 222p
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“I thought this was delicious.
“I came here and tried it for the first time.”
My older sister showed me a can of Pocari Sweat she had bought from a vending machine.
“Really? Did you live abroad? How did you manage to drink Pocari for over twenty years…?”
Oh, oh, what.
That could be the case.
“I’ve never eaten this since I was born!”
Fearing that my sister might feel embarrassed, I quickly pointed to a drink called Confidence and said,
“Really? Then I guess I’ll have to try that next time.
“I hope it tastes better than Pocari Sweat.”
“Let’s drink together next time.
Sister, give that to me.
I'll give it to you.
Okay… here.”
“Thank you, Yuna.”
My sister smiled and took the can.
I would have been happy if just seeing that smile once made my day end.
But today I thought I'd be a little more ambitious.
I cleared my throat, muffled my voice, and very carefully brought out the words I had practiced hundreds of times the night before.
It was a sentence that I barely managed to complete by gathering all the courage I had within me.
“Sister, do you want to go for a walk along the Han River? The weather is nice.”
--- pp.30~31
“Hey! By any chance….”
Young unconsciously grabbed the yellow god's wrist with an urgent hand.
The yellow god, who had been half-turned, turned his body towards Young.
Young met the yellow god's eyes directly.
The god's eyes also shone with a brilliant yellow like his hair.
The sound of a fuse burning rang in Young's ears.
The fire that had been lit by the yellow switch had already moved from my eyes to my heart.
"Uh, can we... meet again? It's not for any other reason. I have something I absolutely need to see, yellow."
Young gave an embarrassed smile.
The hand still held the yellow god's wrist.
“Oh, yes….
great."
The yellow god collapsed without even being able to resist the gaze of the spirit that was staring at him.
The wrist that was caught by the spirit was hot.
If God had a pulse, there would have been an earthquake nearby.
--- p.65
"Why did Seohyun reply to my message? She might have suspected the existence of an alien species."
“Mero is curious about everything.
“He is a very curious alien.”
“Seohyun, rather than saying alien, I think it’s Kadem….”
“I wanted to believe.”
I pointed to the star-filled sky.
“Even if there isn’t one on this Earth, somewhere in this vast universe, there must be at least one being who loves me.
Someday, you will fly to me, clearing all those stars.
“Looking back now, I’m glad I believed that.”
“I’m so glad that message reached Seohyun.”
--- p.153
“You in this case…?”
“Now I can understand a little bit.
Once I'm gone, the party will try to find you.
Because you'll have to dig up information about me.
They'll torture you for fun and eventually kill you.
So if you want to live, do as I say.
Or die by my hands right now.”
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re an alien or a spy.
I will follow you to the ends of the universe anyway.
“Because I love you that much!”
Jeonghoon has been persistent since the day we first met.
Jeong-hoon, who met Min-jeong at a company where he had a fake job, said he fell in love with her at first sight and followed her around. (At the time, Min-jeong seriously considered whether to take out the knife in her pocket.) Although she refused several times, Jeong-hoon did not give in.
Then, the party ordered her to get married to strengthen her identity, and she had no choice but to choose Jeong-hoon, the person she could marry the fastest.
Jeong-hoon, who had no way of knowing this inside story, changed his messenger status message to 'If you work hard, things will come true♥' from that day on. (And he hasn't changed it even once for 6 years.)
“I came here and tried it for the first time.”
My older sister showed me a can of Pocari Sweat she had bought from a vending machine.
“Really? Did you live abroad? How did you manage to drink Pocari for over twenty years…?”
Oh, oh, what.
That could be the case.
“I’ve never eaten this since I was born!”
Fearing that my sister might feel embarrassed, I quickly pointed to a drink called Confidence and said,
“Really? Then I guess I’ll have to try that next time.
“I hope it tastes better than Pocari Sweat.”
“Let’s drink together next time.
Sister, give that to me.
I'll give it to you.
Okay… here.”
“Thank you, Yuna.”
My sister smiled and took the can.
I would have been happy if just seeing that smile once made my day end.
But today I thought I'd be a little more ambitious.
I cleared my throat, muffled my voice, and very carefully brought out the words I had practiced hundreds of times the night before.
It was a sentence that I barely managed to complete by gathering all the courage I had within me.
“Sister, do you want to go for a walk along the Han River? The weather is nice.”
--- pp.30~31
“Hey! By any chance….”
Young unconsciously grabbed the yellow god's wrist with an urgent hand.
The yellow god, who had been half-turned, turned his body towards Young.
Young met the yellow god's eyes directly.
The god's eyes also shone with a brilliant yellow like his hair.
The sound of a fuse burning rang in Young's ears.
The fire that had been lit by the yellow switch had already moved from my eyes to my heart.
"Uh, can we... meet again? It's not for any other reason. I have something I absolutely need to see, yellow."
Young gave an embarrassed smile.
The hand still held the yellow god's wrist.
“Oh, yes….
great."
The yellow god collapsed without even being able to resist the gaze of the spirit that was staring at him.
The wrist that was caught by the spirit was hot.
If God had a pulse, there would have been an earthquake nearby.
--- p.65
"Why did Seohyun reply to my message? She might have suspected the existence of an alien species."
“Mero is curious about everything.
“He is a very curious alien.”
“Seohyun, rather than saying alien, I think it’s Kadem….”
“I wanted to believe.”
I pointed to the star-filled sky.
“Even if there isn’t one on this Earth, somewhere in this vast universe, there must be at least one being who loves me.
Someday, you will fly to me, clearing all those stars.
“Looking back now, I’m glad I believed that.”
“I’m so glad that message reached Seohyun.”
--- p.153
“You in this case…?”
“Now I can understand a little bit.
Once I'm gone, the party will try to find you.
Because you'll have to dig up information about me.
They'll torture you for fun and eventually kill you.
So if you want to live, do as I say.
Or die by my hands right now.”
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re an alien or a spy.
I will follow you to the ends of the universe anyway.
“Because I love you that much!”
Jeonghoon has been persistent since the day we first met.
Jeong-hoon, who met Min-jeong at a company where he had a fake job, said he fell in love with her at first sight and followed her around. (At the time, Min-jeong seriously considered whether to take out the knife in her pocket.) Although she refused several times, Jeong-hoon did not give in.
Then, the party ordered her to get married to strengthen her identity, and she had no choice but to choose Jeong-hoon, the person she could marry the fastest.
Jeong-hoon, who had no way of knowing this inside story, changed his messenger status message to 'If you work hard, things will come true♥' from that day on. (And he hasn't changed it even once for 6 years.)
--- p.188
Publisher's Review
An invitation to everyday life for beings from another world
All four works included in “Invasion of First Love” grab attention from the very beginning.
Because there are some very strong characters that appear as protagonists in romance novels.
In “Invasion of First Love,” Seogo declares to Seongyoon, who has a crush on her, “Our species will come to take everything from Earth someday.”
The spirit of “All the Yellow in the World,” who was born unable to see the color yellow, meets the god of yellow one day and is engulfed in a feast of colors he has never seen before.
In “To Go to the North Pole from Gwanghwamun Intersection,” Seohyun turns on a used computer and says, “It’s a Kadem 48 Hansung.”
I am of an alien race.
What is the Earthling's response? He receives a message saying, "Look at that dadada." (This is not a typo.) Min-jeong of "Hawaiian Stir-fried Squid" reveals to her husband, Jeong-hoon, after six years of marriage that she is a special agent from the North, or "a spy, as the South Korean bastards say."
Those who love them are simply Earthlings, human beings, and citizens of the Republic of Korea who have nothing to do with the National Intelligence Service, but these people are also extraordinary in another way.
When you first learn of the other person's shocking identity, you may be surprised and confused, but you will quickly come to terms with it and focus on your own feelings.
Since you fell in love without knowing the other person's identity, there's no reason for you to change your mind now, and the fact that the other person isn't human can be considered one of his many charms.
Characters deeply rooted in the real world gently guide beings from unfamiliar worlds into their daily lives.
A warm love story that affirms every moment of love.
Before meeting their loved ones, the protagonists' lives were filled with anxiety, loneliness, and deprivation.
Even as the relationship matures and you enjoy happy times, those dark issues don't go away.
This is because some pain can only be endured alone, and because love is the cause of such pain.
Ultimately, the love depicted in “Invasion of First Love” is not a means to escape suffering.
The lovers in this collection do not easily promise eternity.
Every work depicts the end of love, regardless of whether it ends happily or not.
The main characters all know very well that it is difficult to live happily ever after with someone you love.
Because it is based on reality, all the love in the work is natural.
It is persuasive not only at the moment of being attracted to the other person, but also at the moment of breaking up with the other person.
It's a message that it's okay to love and it's okay to break up.
The emotional language that meticulously describes the knots of the heart doesn't feel like mere rhetoric, because it gently reassures us that there is no such thing as failed love, even while embracing scenes where precious relationships fall apart.
We who have not failed can love again at any time as long as we live.
The love story written by the author who says, "I think giving and receiving love is the greatest experience a human can have," is so expansive.
All four works included in “Invasion of First Love” grab attention from the very beginning.
Because there are some very strong characters that appear as protagonists in romance novels.
In “Invasion of First Love,” Seogo declares to Seongyoon, who has a crush on her, “Our species will come to take everything from Earth someday.”
The spirit of “All the Yellow in the World,” who was born unable to see the color yellow, meets the god of yellow one day and is engulfed in a feast of colors he has never seen before.
In “To Go to the North Pole from Gwanghwamun Intersection,” Seohyun turns on a used computer and says, “It’s a Kadem 48 Hansung.”
I am of an alien race.
What is the Earthling's response? He receives a message saying, "Look at that dadada." (This is not a typo.) Min-jeong of "Hawaiian Stir-fried Squid" reveals to her husband, Jeong-hoon, after six years of marriage that she is a special agent from the North, or "a spy, as the South Korean bastards say."
Those who love them are simply Earthlings, human beings, and citizens of the Republic of Korea who have nothing to do with the National Intelligence Service, but these people are also extraordinary in another way.
When you first learn of the other person's shocking identity, you may be surprised and confused, but you will quickly come to terms with it and focus on your own feelings.
Since you fell in love without knowing the other person's identity, there's no reason for you to change your mind now, and the fact that the other person isn't human can be considered one of his many charms.
Characters deeply rooted in the real world gently guide beings from unfamiliar worlds into their daily lives.
A warm love story that affirms every moment of love.
Before meeting their loved ones, the protagonists' lives were filled with anxiety, loneliness, and deprivation.
Even as the relationship matures and you enjoy happy times, those dark issues don't go away.
This is because some pain can only be endured alone, and because love is the cause of such pain.
Ultimately, the love depicted in “Invasion of First Love” is not a means to escape suffering.
The lovers in this collection do not easily promise eternity.
Every work depicts the end of love, regardless of whether it ends happily or not.
The main characters all know very well that it is difficult to live happily ever after with someone you love.
Because it is based on reality, all the love in the work is natural.
It is persuasive not only at the moment of being attracted to the other person, but also at the moment of breaking up with the other person.
It's a message that it's okay to love and it's okay to break up.
The emotional language that meticulously describes the knots of the heart doesn't feel like mere rhetoric, because it gently reassures us that there is no such thing as failed love, even while embracing scenes where precious relationships fall apart.
We who have not failed can love again at any time as long as we live.
The love story written by the author who says, "I think giving and receiving love is the greatest experience a human can have," is so expansive.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 10, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 228 pages | 202g | 100*182*15mm
- ISBN13: 9791193024713
- ISBN10: 1193024714
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