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The night is a book
The night is a book
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77 Books About Time, Compassion, and Love with Lee Dong-jin

A reading essay by film critic Lee Dong-jin, who is famous for reading not only films but also various books.
The author has expressed his love and appreciation for books through various broadcasts and media.
This book is written in the form of a direct introduction to some of the 77 books that are good to read late at night or in the quiet of the dawn, and adds comments about them.

The books introduced here range from literary works such as poetry and novels to humanities, science, and art books, covering a wide range of fields and characteristics.
Reading books like Kim Seung-ok's "Mujin Gihaeng", in which the author confesses to having overcome difficult times during his adolescence by copying notes directly, or Michael Cunningham's "Years", which he reads while missing his father who recently passed away, gives one the impressive experience of peeking into someone's diary or study.

The importance of value proportional to the time spent is shown through a book introducing 'speed reading', the various perspectives on love are shown through a science textbook explaining the mechanism and efficacy of dreams, and the perspective that captures the difficulties of daily life that must be repeated without omission through Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' may be possible because the author reads and reflects as if it were a habit.
"Night is a Book" is a book that feels like you're hearing a direct reading in a kind and affectionate voice. It will be a great opportunity to encounter, appreciate, and love books and sentences in their original form.

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1.
Child of the Night, Man of the Day - Journey into the Night, by Christopher Dewdney
As Time Goes By - The Skeptic's Dictionary, Robert T.
Written by Carol
Small Changes: The Eroticism of Spectacles, by Frank Ebrard
Everyday Happiness: The Winners Who Were Made, by Wolf Schneider
Coming Out of the Forest - Takeshi Kitano's Thought Notebook, by Takeshi Kitano
The Intersection and Complement of Love: The Secret of the Dreaming Brain, by Andrea Rock
Desperate Desperation - Mujin Gihaeng, written by Kim Seung-ok
Schadenfreude - Rashomon, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
Fresh Clichés - Are We in Love? by Alain de Botton
The Art of Loving: The Other Side of Life, by Seungwoo Lee
Last Chance - The Years, by Michael Cunningham
A Half-Span Empty Space - Soul Fire, by Choi Myeong-hee
Chin-ups in the World: God's Orbit, by Bae Myung-hoon
Convenient Prejudice - Why I Hate You, Rush W.
Written by Dozier Jr.
Bittersweet Advice: The Private Lives of Artists They Don't Teach You in Art Class, by Elizabeth Runday
The Principle Trap: False Logic, by Julian Baggini
Memories of a Receipt: A Very Ordinary Romance, by Baek Young-ok
The Thinking Hand - Craftsman, by Richard Sennett
Between Life and Art - by Chet Baker and James Gavin
Asking the Right Questions: A Dictionary of Ignorance, by Katrin Pasik and Alex Scholz
The Pursuit of Purity: A Cultural History of Blood, by Gudrun Suri
The Law of Inertia - Designers, by Kim Eon-su

2.
Lost in Thought - The phone rings somewhere, calling for me, translated by Shin Kyung-sook
The First Moment: Rereading Religion, by the Korean Religious Studies Association
The Secret Door: In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust
Probabilistic Truth - The Night Sings, by Kim Yeon-su
The Qualification of Words: Modern Philosophy at a Glance, by Nam Gyeong-tae
When the Morning Breaks - A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood
15 Years Later - Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Starlight and Darkness: A Vague Dream on the Road, by Lee Dong-jin
Marlon Brando: The Rebel Who Enchanted the World, by Patricia Bosworth
The Art of Giving Up - Mr. Monorail, by Kim Jung-hyuk
The Majesty of Solitude and the Comfort of Communion - The Yellow-Lighted Bookstore, by Louise Buzbee
The Happiness of a Pessimist - White Nights, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
After Passion Fade - The Science of Love, by Thomas Lewis et al.
A Masterpiece of Struggle: The Hollywood Cultural Revolution, by Peter Biskind
Honesty and Disrespect: Why We Lie So Much, by Jürgen Schmider
Pain Phobias: Great Patients and Dangerous Doctors, by Jörg Zittlau
Why We Need Ringo: Why Buses Travel in Threes, by Richard Robinson
Sad Echoes: The Myth of the Birth of Plants, by Holger Lund
A Groaning Question - Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
Good and Good Will - The Fish Mind, by Lucid Fall
The Power of Rediscovery: Letters from a Philosopher, by Kiyoshi Miki


3.
The Gift of Waiting - Time, Karlheinz A.
By Geisler
Violence of the Gaze: A Strange Summer, by Koo Hyo-seo
Men's Umbrella: The Culture of Wearing Crop Tops, by Charles Panetti
The Aesthetics of Omission - 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami
The Ethics of the Spectator: A Controversial History of Photography, by Daniel Girardin and Christian Pirkér
The Comfort of Work - Just Say a Word, by Park Wan-seo
If Everything Is Inevitable - I Knew This Would Happen, by Lee Ki-ho
The Magic of Laughter - Jaeseung Jeong's Science Concert, written by Jaeseung Jeong
The Element of Longing - The Love of Seun Shopping Mall Kid, by Yu Ha
The Force of Communication: Habits Reveal Culture, by Peter Collett
Love Like War - Classic 50 Couples, by Barbara Zichtermann
Memento Mori - We All Die Someday, by David Shields
In Praise of Walking: A Universe in a Mile, by Chet Lamo
Tonight, You - A Cultural History of the Night, by Roger Ekirch
Zorba the Greek - Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis
Tarkovsky's Helplessness - The Diary of Tarkovsky's Martyrdom, by Andrei Tarkovsky
A Lonely Soliloquy: The Demon Within, by Jean Didier Vincent
The Power of Notation - Jjajangmyeon, by Ando Hyun
Cool Majesty - The Song of the Sword, by Kim Hoon
The Wound Paradox: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The Human Enigma: Homo Rapiens, by John Gray
Folly and Sighs: The Great Loser, by Wolf Schneider

4.
The Sin of Boredom - Everyman, by Philip Roth
Angels in Disguise: Acting Lessons from a Master Actor, by Michael Caine
What I Really Need to Know - A Desk is a Desk, by Peter Bixel
Love for Work - A Romantic Archaeological Walk, C.
Written by W. Cheram
Coexistence of Values ​​- Committing the War, by Lee Jeong-won
Compassion Over Dreams - Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Book Club, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Understanding Men: Women Are Always Right, by Bridget Stutchbury
The Night Speaks - What's the Title?, by André Bernard
How to Avoid Getting Hurt - Bird's Gift, by Eun Hee-kyung
Cool Rice - When Will the Rolling Stone Awake?, by Lee Seong-bok
Swords and Money: 1,000 Commonly Used Korean Words We Don't Know Their Meanings, edited by Lee Jae-woon and Park Sook-hee.
Recommending Travel - My Santiago, Walking the Path Alone Yet Together, by Kim Hee-kyung
When Bonnard Met Marthe - An Accidental Masterpiece, by Michael Kimmelman
Thoughts are powerful - Bernard Werber's Dictionary of Imagination, by Bernard Werber
Bitter Sweet - Bad Chocolate, by Carol Off
Read, Write, Think - The Power of Writing, by Stephen King
How are you? - How to be angry at the world's fools while smiling, by Umberto Eco
A Life of Stories - The Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace
Seoul, Winter 2012 - Mujin Travels, by Kim Seung-ok
The End of the Road - Road, by Cormac McCarthy

Publisher's Review
77 Books About Time, Compassion, and Love with Lee Dong-jin

A reading essay by film critic Lee Dong-jin, who is famous for reading not only films but also various books.
The author has expressed his love and appreciation for books through various broadcasts and media.
In particular, “Night is a Book” is written in the format of directly introducing some of the 77 books that are good to read late at night or in the quiet of the early morning, and adding comments about them.

The books introduced here range from literary works such as poetry and novels to humanities, science, and art books, covering a wide range of fields and characteristics.
Reading books like Kim Seung-ok's "Mujin Gihaeng", in which the author confesses to having gotten through difficult times during his adolescence by copying notes directly, or Michael Cunningham's "Years", which he reads while missing his father who recently passed away, gives one the impressive experience of peeking into someone's diary or study.

The night is one giant book!
An invitation to an intimate moment to discover the secrets of life, the joys of everyday life, and the mysteries of coincidence.


"Night is a Book" begins with the author's confession that "if you love books, you can't help but love everything related to books." For that reason, it is filled with stories about books that allow for intimate conversations with oneself at night, the best time to read, and about daily life and the life that can be gained through them.

The importance of value proportional to the time spent is shown through a book introducing 'speed reading', the various perspectives on love are shown through a science textbook explaining the mechanism and effectiveness of dreams, and the perspective that captures the difficulties of daily life that must be repeated without omission through Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' may be possible because the author reads and reflects as a habit.

"Night is a Book", which allows readers to experience the narration directly from such a kind and affectionate voice, will be a wonderful opportunity to encounter, appreciate, and love books and sentences in their original form.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: December 20, 2011
- Page count, weight, size: 339 pages | 490g | 148*210*30mm
- ISBN13: 9788959136599
- ISBN10: 895913659X

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