Drawing points and stars in space
 |
Description
Book Introduction
“This was written with 100 faces in mind,
Ultimately, it's our story.”
"Drawing the Stars, the Dots of the Universe" is an essay by author Lee Ki-young that contains the lives of 100 people he met over the past 20 years.
We are just dots in the vast universe, and each of us lives with our own light. We have recorded the brilliant or small moments we have shared with them.
It shows us the unfamiliar yet familiar aspects of life through office workers enduring the day, immigrants crossing borders, Paralympic athletes rising again, and ordinary people who just passed by.
“Life was also great, romantic, magnificent, and sublime.”
_From the prologue
Her skill in capturing people's expressions, conversations, and energy for a long time, and in bringing them back to life with warmth, humor, and sometimes even uncomfortable truths, is outstanding.
After reading "Drawing Stars, Points in the Universe," which organizes cross-sections of life into 10 keywords like episodes, you will discover that each and every person around you can become a small light in your life.
Ultimately, it's our story.”
"Drawing the Stars, the Dots of the Universe" is an essay by author Lee Ki-young that contains the lives of 100 people he met over the past 20 years.
We are just dots in the vast universe, and each of us lives with our own light. We have recorded the brilliant or small moments we have shared with them.
It shows us the unfamiliar yet familiar aspects of life through office workers enduring the day, immigrants crossing borders, Paralympic athletes rising again, and ordinary people who just passed by.
“Life was also great, romantic, magnificent, and sublime.”
_From the prologue
Her skill in capturing people's expressions, conversations, and energy for a long time, and in bringing them back to life with warmth, humor, and sometimes even uncomfortable truths, is outstanding.
After reading "Drawing Stars, Points in the Universe," which organizes cross-sections of life into 10 keywords like episodes, you will discover that each and every person around you can become a small light in your life.
- You can preview some of the book's contents.
Preview
index
Prologue Summer Greetings
PART 1.
world
Chapter 1.
today
Live hard today
Hang on at the end of the day
Eye contact is also a language
Dream of luck for a moment
It's not that I'm holding on to something of great significance.
Just build them up one by one
Courage meets madness
A person who walks with his eyes on the ground now runs looking ahead
The best becomes the best
The Taegeukgi pinned to my chest becomes my business card.
Chapter 2.
At that time
At that time, I couldn't understand
I was living in a world of my own
Fighting allergies
We weren't pretty either
The stranger had no such name.
That spot looked more desirable
I knew about soccer, but I didn't know about the soccer field.
Smoking was her everything
A glass of wine unravels a thread
Where there are victims, there are also beneficiaries.
Chapter 3.
earth
Earth, Crying Out for Life Outside
engrave the number 2
There's a New Yorker
Almost had my supercar stolen
See the world through cucumbers
Went off to distant space
They have their own world
Only the rice cooker remains
Do a unique environmental movement
There is a rich man in the city's memories
Chapter 4.
Bi-chang
Bichang, there are those left behind
stuck in the rain
Familiarity is also forgotten
Become a missing person
crouch under the table and cry
I hate being left alone
Open it again
Pushing through life with difficulty
Cover with another picture
Become a star
Chapter 5.
world
The world still rolls round
Show the face of reversal
850 won in my bank account, leaving hope
Always be on my side
Make an unknown expression
Light pours in through the gap
Open another door
leave us here
Fitting together the pieces of the lucky puzzle
Give a chance to pay off debt
PART 2.
person
Chapter 6.
we
We are very sorry
It was a meeting of that level
I made a liberal arts settlement
What I feared most was the gaze of others.
Seeing one, pretending to know ten
I was even more embarrassed by my poor English
I watched the strong and weak fights unfold
It was my first time being scammed
He was a secret intruder
Still a free rider
Chapter 7.
Women, what you see isn't everything
Wars break out in small places.
The absolute power is being pushed out by the rising power.
I believed the words that said I could die right now
It was marred by scandal
There are no winners or losers.
Money is the prettiest
Beauty knows no age
Women come before life
I want the real thing
Chapter 8.
kid
Child, leave a new line
Make the armor parallel to the back
The teacher is a bar girl
Leave your heart behind
Breaking the fashion
Define Jammin
I saw a drop of ink fall while doing mental arithmetic.
Bloom in the first three months
Passing through heavy snow
Every day it grows, breaks, and grows again
Chapter 9.
you
I thought you knew something
Have the power of the continent
It's too much
I'm better at sales than English.
I had a boring interview
The immutable law applies
What you like and what you are good at are different.
Going through a transitional period in the era of self-promotion
Working with a global pastry chef
He will die at the age of twenty.
Chapter 10.
adult
Adults, you can't do it alone
Actions speak louder than numbers
It's not that I didn't see it, it's that I didn't see it
He is a person who is one inch taller
Skip the youth
Just living day to day
Seeing the big picture through a small hole
Correcting the Return of the Prodigal Son
Give away for free
Become a role model
Epilogue - Summer Romance
PART 1.
world
Chapter 1.
today
Live hard today
Hang on at the end of the day
Eye contact is also a language
Dream of luck for a moment
It's not that I'm holding on to something of great significance.
Just build them up one by one
Courage meets madness
A person who walks with his eyes on the ground now runs looking ahead
The best becomes the best
The Taegeukgi pinned to my chest becomes my business card.
Chapter 2.
At that time
At that time, I couldn't understand
I was living in a world of my own
Fighting allergies
We weren't pretty either
The stranger had no such name.
That spot looked more desirable
I knew about soccer, but I didn't know about the soccer field.
Smoking was her everything
A glass of wine unravels a thread
Where there are victims, there are also beneficiaries.
Chapter 3.
earth
Earth, Crying Out for Life Outside
engrave the number 2
There's a New Yorker
Almost had my supercar stolen
See the world through cucumbers
Went off to distant space
They have their own world
Only the rice cooker remains
Do a unique environmental movement
There is a rich man in the city's memories
Chapter 4.
Bi-chang
Bichang, there are those left behind
stuck in the rain
Familiarity is also forgotten
Become a missing person
crouch under the table and cry
I hate being left alone
Open it again
Pushing through life with difficulty
Cover with another picture
Become a star
Chapter 5.
world
The world still rolls round
Show the face of reversal
850 won in my bank account, leaving hope
Always be on my side
Make an unknown expression
Light pours in through the gap
Open another door
leave us here
Fitting together the pieces of the lucky puzzle
Give a chance to pay off debt
PART 2.
person
Chapter 6.
we
We are very sorry
It was a meeting of that level
I made a liberal arts settlement
What I feared most was the gaze of others.
Seeing one, pretending to know ten
I was even more embarrassed by my poor English
I watched the strong and weak fights unfold
It was my first time being scammed
He was a secret intruder
Still a free rider
Chapter 7.
Women, what you see isn't everything
Wars break out in small places.
The absolute power is being pushed out by the rising power.
I believed the words that said I could die right now
It was marred by scandal
There are no winners or losers.
Money is the prettiest
Beauty knows no age
Women come before life
I want the real thing
Chapter 8.
kid
Child, leave a new line
Make the armor parallel to the back
The teacher is a bar girl
Leave your heart behind
Breaking the fashion
Define Jammin
I saw a drop of ink fall while doing mental arithmetic.
Bloom in the first three months
Passing through heavy snow
Every day it grows, breaks, and grows again
Chapter 9.
you
I thought you knew something
Have the power of the continent
It's too much
I'm better at sales than English.
I had a boring interview
The immutable law applies
What you like and what you are good at are different.
Going through a transitional period in the era of self-promotion
Working with a global pastry chef
He will die at the age of twenty.
Chapter 10.
adult
Adults, you can't do it alone
Actions speak louder than numbers
It's not that I didn't see it, it's that I didn't see it
He is a person who is one inch taller
Skip the youth
Just living day to day
Seeing the big picture through a small hole
Correcting the Return of the Prodigal Son
Give away for free
Become a role model
Epilogue - Summer Romance
Into the book
Spring was grand, summer was romantic, autumn was magnificent, and winter was sublime.
--- From "First Sentence"
People who prided themselves on knowing more than anyone else experienced repeated twists and turns, and children set records of growth every day.
Even though she was the same woman, the more I got to know her, the more mysterious she became.
--- p.11
This is all I can do at this age.
So I work hard every day and do my best.
I just have enough strength left to go home.
The moment I get on the bus home, I forget everything that happened here.
Then I go home, eat dinner made by my mom, and go out to walk the dogs.
--- p.30
For anyone, a fleeting dream is like a balloon caught by luck at an amusement park.
But that dream is quickly shattered by someone or disappears at some point.
But Yongdae kept the fleeting dream intact.
After graduating from college, he got a job at a small to medium-sized company, where he diligently gained practical experience and benchmarked every city he visited on business trips.
--- p.36
Unlike us who shout only at the world, he shouted at himself, and unlike us who stumble and fall over even the smallest obstacles, he pushed himself beyond his limits every day.
Instead of a luxury shirt and watch, the Taegeukgi on his chest became his business card.
--- p.42
The journey took us to a very wide place, but we ended up staying in a very small place and ended up returning to where we started.
--- From "First Sentence"
People who prided themselves on knowing more than anyone else experienced repeated twists and turns, and children set records of growth every day.
Even though she was the same woman, the more I got to know her, the more mysterious she became.
--- p.11
This is all I can do at this age.
So I work hard every day and do my best.
I just have enough strength left to go home.
The moment I get on the bus home, I forget everything that happened here.
Then I go home, eat dinner made by my mom, and go out to walk the dogs.
--- p.30
For anyone, a fleeting dream is like a balloon caught by luck at an amusement park.
But that dream is quickly shattered by someone or disappears at some point.
But Yongdae kept the fleeting dream intact.
After graduating from college, he got a job at a small to medium-sized company, where he diligently gained practical experience and benchmarked every city he visited on business trips.
--- p.36
Unlike us who shout only at the world, he shouted at himself, and unlike us who stumble and fall over even the smallest obstacles, he pushed himself beyond his limits every day.
Instead of a luxury shirt and watch, the Taegeukgi on his chest became his business card.
--- p.42
The journey took us to a very wide place, but we ended up staying in a very small place and ended up returning to where we started.
--- p.76
Publisher's Review
“Life was also great, romantic, magnificent, and sublime.”
_From the prologue
Author Lee Ki-young, who has presented deep empathy and warm humor with 『Cucumber Couple, Just Good』 and 『Dear and Invading』, has picked up his pen again after two years.
"Drawing the Stars, the Dots of the Universe" is a book that revives the warmth between people and the moments we have forgotten and lived with.
She pursues the motto of 'enjoyable writing' rather than 'well-written writing', and crosses the line between reality and fantasy by weaving together 90% facts and 10% distorted memories.
As a result, the 100 stories are connected like constellations in the night sky, and they come to us as a mirror that can reflect our lives.
Above all, the greatest appeal of this book is “the power to discover myself in the story of a stranger.”
Rather than interviews or observations, the author directly experiences, empathizes, and records the 'scenes of life' to show the numerous faces and emotions that exist within a single person.
She feels like she can hear a voice.
“A person can live a moment of luxury, but not a whole life.”
In the end, we are beings who cannot help but permeate each other's lives.
“Everyone, everyone lives like that.
That's why we are human."
Each of the 100 episodes is independent yet organically connected, so that no matter which page you open, you encounter a person's life.
She refuses to talk about good people.
Rather, I enjoy the 'eyes that try to understand' and the 'heart that wants to love again' towards beings that sometimes disappoint, sometimes misunderstand, and sometimes cannot understand.
This is not an abstract embrace, but a deep insight through intense, concrete self-reflection and introspection.
She speaks.
The first step to understanding other people's lives is understanding my own clumsiness.
We must remember the saying, “Even if a person disappears, the feelings he or she left behind remain.”
“Recording people is ultimately a way to reflect on myself.
Ultimately, our good life begins with the faces of the people we live with.
And remembering that day becomes the strength that sustains life.”
_From the prologue
Author Lee Ki-young, who has presented deep empathy and warm humor with 『Cucumber Couple, Just Good』 and 『Dear and Invading』, has picked up his pen again after two years.
"Drawing the Stars, the Dots of the Universe" is a book that revives the warmth between people and the moments we have forgotten and lived with.
She pursues the motto of 'enjoyable writing' rather than 'well-written writing', and crosses the line between reality and fantasy by weaving together 90% facts and 10% distorted memories.
As a result, the 100 stories are connected like constellations in the night sky, and they come to us as a mirror that can reflect our lives.
Above all, the greatest appeal of this book is “the power to discover myself in the story of a stranger.”
Rather than interviews or observations, the author directly experiences, empathizes, and records the 'scenes of life' to show the numerous faces and emotions that exist within a single person.
She feels like she can hear a voice.
“A person can live a moment of luxury, but not a whole life.”
In the end, we are beings who cannot help but permeate each other's lives.
“Everyone, everyone lives like that.
That's why we are human."
Each of the 100 episodes is independent yet organically connected, so that no matter which page you open, you encounter a person's life.
She refuses to talk about good people.
Rather, I enjoy the 'eyes that try to understand' and the 'heart that wants to love again' towards beings that sometimes disappoint, sometimes misunderstand, and sometimes cannot understand.
This is not an abstract embrace, but a deep insight through intense, concrete self-reflection and introspection.
She speaks.
The first step to understanding other people's lives is understanding my own clumsiness.
We must remember the saying, “Even if a person disappears, the feelings he or she left behind remain.”
“Recording people is ultimately a way to reflect on myself.
Ultimately, our good life begins with the faces of the people we live with.
And remembering that day becomes the strength that sustains life.”
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: September 30, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 264 pages | 135*193*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791189784577
- ISBN10: 1189784572
You may also like
카테고리
korean
korean
![GQ KOREA Mark (Monthly): December [2025]](http://librairie.coreenne.fr/cdn/shop/files/8ef265dbbfbf186523ed75ba7319009d.jpg?v=1765340328&width=3840)
