{"product_id":"136012","title":"The Garden, the Wheat Bug, and the Sacred Hand ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYC5ywS1DqFU1l9lhrUqKRQN6TrDZ.png?v=1765116621\" 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 Garden, the Wheat Bug, and the Sacred Hand \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\/163509872\/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 \u003cb\u003eBecause stories about living cannot be left out of stories about eating\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pain is a signal from the body rejecting food that does not suit it.\u003cbr\u003e People who say you have to eat well to live well live a healthy life without eating well\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe story of a sick body that chose the honest 'fool' to make a living\u003cbr\u003e A minority's \"eating differently\" and \"living differently\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"I imagined the taste of pajeon I couldn't eat\" ─ The life of a \"foodie\" who became an \"accidental gourmet\": reading and eating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are people who must not eat well in order to live well.\u003cbr\u003e As can be seen from the popularity of 'mukbang' and 'gourmet tours' amid the 'slow aging' craze, our lives are full of conflicts surrounding 'eating' and 'living'.\u003cbr\u003e Among people who are desperately trying to survive by eating, there are those who have changed their eating habits not for health but for survival.\u003cbr\u003e Shin A-young is the author of “Studying Daecheon Village,” which records stories surrounding the village where she was born and raised, and “My Small and Soft World,” which explores everyday life in the village. \u003cbr\u003eOne day, after going on a 'hospital tour' to treat the pain that suddenly came and ruined her daily life, Shin A-young ends up living the life of a 'food minority', having to give up rice, her staple food, and eat only a few grains and vegetables.\u003cbr\u003e Healing body and mind by working at the village library and living among neighbors.\u003cbr\u003e As I read about food after becoming an 'accidental gourmet', I step into a new world of gastronomy, and as I eat books instead of hot places, I open my eyes to my identity as a 'foodie minority'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 《The Garden, the Wheat Bugs, and the Sacred Hand》 is a collection of stories whispered by a storyteller who reads, writes, and tends a small garden with the people of Daecheon Village at the foot of Geumjeongsan Mountain in Busan, drawing from the lives of minority groups. \u003cbr\u003eThe paradox of limited food choices but a diverse culinary world, a narrowing of the radius of life but a broadening of the world of the mind, leads us on a journey of a suffering person seeking salvation in everyday life and becoming an \"honest fool\" to continue his arduous practice.\u003cbr\u003e As you wander through the field of writing filled with vivid descriptions and affectionate hearts, you will find yourself transforming from a listener to a storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e No matter what kind of life you live, the story of eating cannot be left out of the story of living.\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 \",\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Header: Learning from a Remote Island\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Are you going to be a fool?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNo Country for the Food Minority | Light and Salt | Rediscovering Oatmeal | What I Didn't Know Then, What I Know Now | Learning from Beetroot | A Simple Table | The Hands of Rice Planting | Creativity Within Constraints | Cooking Unknown Flavors | Would You Be a Fool? | The Taste of Tears\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 2: The Ordinariness of Rice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What Discomfort Taught Me | Bank Management | In a Dream | Affectionate Consideration | Memories of School Lunch | The Ordinariness of Food | An Illness Without a Name | A Hard Day | Hospitality and Rejection | Words of Greatness | Market Kurly and Grandma's Garden | Annoying but Enjoyable | Home Cooking for Self-Reliance | Have You Eaten?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 3: How to Become a Gourmet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Harmony of Flavors | Variations on Cheonggukjang | Library Tasting | Accidentally a Gourmet | Feeling Sorry | Between Brainwashing and Anguish | Inexpensive Abundance | Mukbang and the Taste of Imagination | Fun Flavors | Things the Smell of Food Conjures | The Taste of Sweet Memories\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 4: Eat lots of tofu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA Special Gift | From Violation to Recovery | A New Challenge | Go and Have Some Tea | Why I'm Looking Forward to Fall | The Microscopic World of One Night | Planting Seeds | Mealworms and Weevils | Body to Body | A Journey with a Mini Rice Cooker | Overcoming, No, Pushing Away | Ten Yoga Classes | Eat Lots of Tofu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\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\/TopCate6027\/MidCate001\/602600187.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\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 Now, I hope to live more deeply encountering and communicating with everything in the world ‘here’ where I am, rather than in my ‘original’ life before I got sick.\u003cbr\u003e It is a life of listening carefully to the voices of countless things connected to me and responding sincerely.\u003cbr\u003e I hope that by taking good care of myself like that, I can soon move on to a life where I can also take good care of those around me.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After becoming a fool, many things I had taken for granted began to look different. \u003cbr\u003eIt occurred to me that a fast and efficient medical system and treatments that focus on relieving immediate symptoms might not be the 'normal' or 'natural' way to go.\u003cbr\u003e Looking back, it seems like I was too dependent on hospitals and medications to escape the pain.\u003cbr\u003e I was just trying to find an easy way out.\u003cbr\u003e Pain was a signal from the body, but I didn't properly notice or look at that signal.\u003cbr\u003e … … So, recovering your health is not a salvation that comes as a miracle one day, but rather a process of correcting yourself in your daily life.\u003cbr\u003e Only by living a solid and well-organized daily life can I achieve a healthy life.\u003cbr\u003e To do that, I try to become a more honest fool every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.58\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'I thought I was okay because I was used to this life, but I guess that's not the case.' After a few years of controlling my diet, there are times when I feel like I've gotten the hang of this lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003e Dieting has become a habit, something that requires minimal energy, rather than something that requires effort.\u003cbr\u003e That doesn't mean I've become detached from all food-related desires.\u003cbr\u003e Some days, I feel depressed because I crave a specific food, and other days, I feel depressed because I want to enjoy the simple pleasure of sharing delicious food with those close to me.\u003cbr\u003e Seeing someone enjoying something makes my mouth water, and I feel a little lonely when I'm among people who share time and feelings over food.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While I was worried about how I would survive without sweets, each day passed by somehow.\u003cbr\u003e As time went by, I realized even more clearly that humans are adaptable animals. \u003cbr\u003eAfter a while, I discovered another sweetness I had never known before.\u003cbr\u003e It wasn't a thrilling taste that stimulated the five senses, nor was it a strong taste that instantly changed my mood, but it had its own charm.\u003cbr\u003e Now I find a subtle sweetness in cooked vegetables, in soybean paste soup, and in freshly cooked rice with oats, white beans, and whole wheat.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I met a rice weevil.\u003cbr\u003e It was written, 'A pest that infests rice, barley, wheat, sorghum, and corn that have been set aside.'\u003cbr\u003e Adult bugs live for three to four months and lay over a hundred eggs, so it's understandable why so many bugs can multiply so quickly in a house.\u003cbr\u003e If you look closely, the reason the bugs got tangled up was my laziness, so it wasn't something to blame the diligent weevil for.\u003cbr\u003e I'm just trying to survive by eating weevils too.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My dad said something else while telling me to eat a lot of tofu. \u003cbr\u003e“When I die, you live with your mom.” I thought it was so out of the blue, so I didn’t say anything in response.\u003cbr\u003e I took those words to mean that I should try my best to help my mother live a little less painfully.\u003cbr\u003e I didn't know it then, but looking back now, I realize that my father was always so deeply concerned about my mother's and my health.\u003cbr\u003e Remembering my father's last words, I leave the house with my mother today and go to the Oriental medicine clinic.\u003cbr\u003e We are mourning so bravely.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- pp.247-248\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\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\"I'm just trying to survive, even if I'm a weevil\" - The 'Honest Fool''s' Different Way of Living with a Sick Body\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Eating’ is ‘living’.\u003cbr\u003e This saying that no one can escape does not mean that everyone should eat equally well.\u003cbr\u003e For some people, a balanced diet can be detrimental to their health. \u003cbr\u003eShin A-young, a person with a dietary restriction, is a person who is less sick when she eats food that suits her body.\u003cbr\u003e One day, I noticed black sesame seeds stuck to the pasta.\u003cbr\u003e The nasty, black bugs, commonly called weevils, which emerged from old wheat and were named 'mealworms', were simply faithfully eating the pesticide-free wheat.\u003cbr\u003e That's how I realized it.\u003cbr\u003e To survive with a sick body, I had to become an honest fool, like an honest weevil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The solution is not to ‘not eat’, but to ‘eat differently’.\u003cbr\u003e Pain was a signal from a sick body.\u003cbr\u003e In a world where people believe that they can live a healthy life by eating only expensive and good food, a simple meal prepared with limited ingredients is a foolish choice.\u003cbr\u003e I became a fool, emptied the full table, changed my body and mind, and rearranged my daily life. Then, my life, which was painful for no reason, finally found its place. \u003cbr\u003eHowever, it is not possible to be free from all desires, so I have committed delinquent acts such as being distracted by mukbang or eating foods that I should avoid.\u003cbr\u003e Problems that could not be solved by reading books were solved by using one's own hands to make food and explore unfamiliar flavors.\u003cbr\u003e I tried new foods like beans, tofu, cheonggukjang, omija, oatmeal, and longan, and on a trip abroad carrying a mini rice cooker, I was connected to the warm hands of a Vietnamese masseuse.\u003cbr\u003e At the funeral of my father who suddenly passed away, I also met generous people who were worried about the livelihood of the poor.\u003cbr\u003e The story of a food minority, which expands from eating to living, takes us into a rich time when the world surrounding one person expands.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eat lots of tofu” - The four seasons sprout from the seeds held in the “sacred hand” and the heart that embraces “courageous sorrow.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor a sick person, hands are a sacred passage that connects them to the world, making food, sowing seeds, and soothing the sick body.\u003cbr\u003e We all find the strength to live on, using our own divine hands to care for our bodies and minds, even if they are not perfect, even if they are lacking, they are sufficient, and even if they are not stimulating, they are simple and humble, with a different taste.\u003cbr\u003e The sick father speaks to his daughter before he passes away.\u003cbr\u003e “Eat lots of tofu.\u003cbr\u003e “Tofu is nutritious and the best for your health.” The daughter bravely mourns her father, who left behind a will about eating, and continues to read and eat in order to eat and live differently today.\u003cbr\u003e Now, let's sit down at a table set by a certain minority and follow the rich and colorful four seasons unfolding.\u003cbr\u003e The good fortune of meeting a new storyteller is a bonus.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \"]\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 31, 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 248 pages | 128*188*20mm\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 9791155311585\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1155311582 \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":43893787721770,"sku":"136012","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/18e0fffb3cbf0609229233ecb31870e0.jpg?v=1765416515","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/136012","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}