Rosso, Between Cool and Passion
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Book Introduction
Time stands still only around me
"Between Calm and Passion," which resonated with countless readers and quickly became a bestseller upon its publication, is now available to readers with a special recover edition commemorating its 24th anniversary.
There are two writers who have decided to 'take turns writing a novel together'.
Male writers write from the perspective of the male protagonist, and female writers write from the perspective of the female protagonist.
The series, which was serialized in magazines for two years, was compiled into a book.
While writing the story of a man and a woman who live their own lives while still holding on to their ex-lovers, the two authors said they felt like they were actually in love.
The couple translators, Yang Eok-gwan and Kim Nan-ju, translated the relay love story that had been written over two years.
The two translators delicately translated the subtle feelings of lovers who have broken up but still miss each other.
This book is two stories, yet one story, created by two authors, two protagonists, and two translators.
Aoi and Junsei, who met in college and became lovers, break up due to an unfortunate misunderstanding and go on to live their own lives.
Although they each have new lovers by their side, they cannot let go of the longing for each other that remains like dots.
What loosely binds them, who have already parted ways, is a promise made in the happiest of times, as if it were a passing joke.
The promise to meet at the Duomo in Florence on my 30th birthday, 10 years later.
The body lives in the present, but the mind wanders to the past where happiness and pain coexisted.
The story of Aoi, a woman who cannot push away or move on from the past, and who traces her memories with Junsei, her lover from 8 years ago, and lives with the person she cannot forget engraved on her heart like a dot.
"Between Calm and Passion," which resonated with countless readers and quickly became a bestseller upon its publication, is now available to readers with a special recover edition commemorating its 24th anniversary.
There are two writers who have decided to 'take turns writing a novel together'.
Male writers write from the perspective of the male protagonist, and female writers write from the perspective of the female protagonist.
The series, which was serialized in magazines for two years, was compiled into a book.
While writing the story of a man and a woman who live their own lives while still holding on to their ex-lovers, the two authors said they felt like they were actually in love.
The couple translators, Yang Eok-gwan and Kim Nan-ju, translated the relay love story that had been written over two years.
The two translators delicately translated the subtle feelings of lovers who have broken up but still miss each other.
This book is two stories, yet one story, created by two authors, two protagonists, and two translators.
Aoi and Junsei, who met in college and became lovers, break up due to an unfortunate misunderstanding and go on to live their own lives.
Although they each have new lovers by their side, they cannot let go of the longing for each other that remains like dots.
What loosely binds them, who have already parted ways, is a promise made in the happiest of times, as if it were a passing joke.
The promise to meet at the Duomo in Florence on my 30th birthday, 10 years later.
The body lives in the present, but the mind wanders to the past where happiness and pain coexisted.
The story of Aoi, a woman who cannot push away or move on from the past, and who traces her memories with Junsei, her lover from 8 years ago, and lives with the person she cannot forget engraved on her heart like a dot.
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index
1.
doll's feet
2.
May
3.
quiet life
4.
Quiet Life 2
5.
Tokyo
6.
autumn wind
7.
gray shadow
8.
daily
9.
letter
10.
bath
11.
Place to be
12.
story
13.
Sunshine
doll's feet
2.
May
3.
quiet life
4.
Quiet Life 2
5.
Tokyo
6.
autumn wind
7.
gray shadow
8.
daily
9.
letter
10.
bath
11.
Place to be
12.
story
13.
Sunshine
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Into the book
The rain keeps falling endlessly.
It's not a heavy downpour, but it's a rain that seems to mix with the air and never stop, as if it were trying to trap the whole world within us.
The rain silences me.
It only brings back memories of things I don't want to remember.
That rain that winter.
I was locked in that room.
Until then, I couldn't take a single step out of the happy memories, the overflowing love, trust, and passion that had been so incredibly strong.
Come out, Junsei said.
Come out, with the purity and strength, and the gentleness and the roughness, like a freshly mined natural stone.
That rain.
That street.
Four years in that country.
Junsei Agata is something absurd that will never disappear from my life.
What happened between him and me is something that doesn't end with the love we had as students a long time ago.
Sealed memories.
I remember closing the lid, wrapping it in paper, tying it tightly with a string, and pushing it far away.
I remembered everything.
That distance, the mundane pleasures of college life, and my work with Junsei, all of it.
There was no hesitation.
At that time, my mind was already made up.
In Alberto's workshop, in the morning sunlight, I just had to admit it.
That I'm going to Florence.
Going up to the Duomo.
That I never forgot the promise I made with Junsei.
The train bell rang and the doors closed.
I was very excited, but at the same time very calm.
I understood what I was doing.
I understood it more clearly than ever before.
I could feel my emotions being released.
It's not a heavy downpour, but it's a rain that seems to mix with the air and never stop, as if it were trying to trap the whole world within us.
The rain silences me.
It only brings back memories of things I don't want to remember.
That rain that winter.
I was locked in that room.
Until then, I couldn't take a single step out of the happy memories, the overflowing love, trust, and passion that had been so incredibly strong.
Come out, Junsei said.
Come out, with the purity and strength, and the gentleness and the roughness, like a freshly mined natural stone.
That rain.
That street.
Four years in that country.
Junsei Agata is something absurd that will never disappear from my life.
What happened between him and me is something that doesn't end with the love we had as students a long time ago.
Sealed memories.
I remember closing the lid, wrapping it in paper, tying it tightly with a string, and pushing it far away.
I remembered everything.
That distance, the mundane pleasures of college life, and my work with Junsei, all of it.
There was no hesitation.
At that time, my mind was already made up.
In Alberto's workshop, in the morning sunlight, I just had to admit it.
That I'm going to Florence.
Going up to the Duomo.
That I never forgot the promise I made with Junsei.
The train bell rang and the doors closed.
I was very excited, but at the same time very calm.
I understood what I was doing.
I understood it more clearly than ever before.
I could feel my emotions being released.
--- From the text
Publisher's Review
Love each other like your own selves
Two men and women stuck in the past
Everyone has someone they can never forget, someone they cannot forget.
There are also people who want to go back.
They say time heals all wounds, but some past memories don't dull with time, but rather become sharper and sting us.
Aoi and Junsei, the two of them are like that to each other.
Aoi and Junsei, both of Korean descent, met at a university in Tokyo and became lovers.
Although they were Japanese, neither of them had ever lived in Japan before and had nowhere to go or anyone to rely on in Tokyo, so they were each other's roots and supports.
That's why the time the two of them were together must have been lonely and alone, but also the happiest time because they only had each other.
Eight years have passed since we broke up.
Aoi has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her without her having to say anything, and Junsei has a new girlfriend who is passionate and doesn't hide her love for him.
However, the two cannot love their new lover as if he were their own clone like they did in the past.
Even though they love the person next to them, the man and woman cannot overcome the longing that remains like a dot in their hearts, and they think of him whenever it rains.
Each other, and the promises we made in passing.
The two stories that had been running parallel to each other come together at this point as the promise to meet at the Duomo in Florence in ten years approaches.
Eight years after breaking up, the man and woman still can't forget each other, and as the promised date approaches, they put everything aside and run to Florence.
After two lives intersect, will they go their separate ways again or will they continue on the same path?
The unpredictable lives of two people reveal another intersection and possibility only at the end.
One of the joys of reading a novel is observing what choices the two people make and what kind of composure and passion lead them to those choices.
It's good to read just one volume of 'Rosso' or 'Blu', but it's even better to read both volumes in a row or alternately read them chapter by chapter in the order they were published.
Each time, this story evokes different emotions.
A book that says that any love is one person's share of this person's work.
A book that depicts the happiness that love gives and the shadow it casts in proportion to it.
Between coolness and passion.
Two men and women stuck in the past
Everyone has someone they can never forget, someone they cannot forget.
There are also people who want to go back.
They say time heals all wounds, but some past memories don't dull with time, but rather become sharper and sting us.
Aoi and Junsei, the two of them are like that to each other.
Aoi and Junsei, both of Korean descent, met at a university in Tokyo and became lovers.
Although they were Japanese, neither of them had ever lived in Japan before and had nowhere to go or anyone to rely on in Tokyo, so they were each other's roots and supports.
That's why the time the two of them were together must have been lonely and alone, but also the happiest time because they only had each other.
Eight years have passed since we broke up.
Aoi has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her without her having to say anything, and Junsei has a new girlfriend who is passionate and doesn't hide her love for him.
However, the two cannot love their new lover as if he were their own clone like they did in the past.
Even though they love the person next to them, the man and woman cannot overcome the longing that remains like a dot in their hearts, and they think of him whenever it rains.
Each other, and the promises we made in passing.
The two stories that had been running parallel to each other come together at this point as the promise to meet at the Duomo in Florence in ten years approaches.
Eight years after breaking up, the man and woman still can't forget each other, and as the promised date approaches, they put everything aside and run to Florence.
After two lives intersect, will they go their separate ways again or will they continue on the same path?
The unpredictable lives of two people reveal another intersection and possibility only at the end.
One of the joys of reading a novel is observing what choices the two people make and what kind of composure and passion lead them to those choices.
It's good to read just one volume of 'Rosso' or 'Blu', but it's even better to read both volumes in a row or alternately read them chapter by chapter in the order they were published.
Each time, this story evokes different emotions.
A book that says that any love is one person's share of this person's work.
A book that depicts the happiness that love gives and the shadow it casts in proportion to it.
Between coolness and passion.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: February 1, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 248 pages | 336g | 127*188*16mm
- ISBN13: 9791160274479
- ISBN10: 1160274479
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