A Thousand Years of Love
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A full-length novel by Yang Gui-ja published in August 1995.
This is the author's first romance novel, which tells the story of a tragic love that could not be realized a thousand years ago and how it continues a thousand years later, and it is completed in a lyrical style that invokes themes of reincarnation and fatalism. "A Thousand Years of Love" rose to the top of the bestseller list in September of that year, just one month after its publication, and remained in the top spot for five months. It was a million-seller and was loved by many readers, not leaving the bestseller list for nearly two years after that.
Moreover, if we consider that the subsequent craze for 'millenium' and 'reincarnation' in the cultural world was all a cultural code of an era brought about by the novel 'Millennium Love', the significance of this novel becomes even more important.
This is the author's first romance novel, which tells the story of a tragic love that could not be realized a thousand years ago and how it continues a thousand years later, and it is completed in a lyrical style that invokes themes of reincarnation and fatalism. "A Thousand Years of Love" rose to the top of the bestseller list in September of that year, just one month after its publication, and remained in the top spot for five months. It was a million-seller and was loved by many readers, not leaving the bestseller list for nearly two years after that.
Moreover, if we consider that the subsequent craze for 'millenium' and 'reincarnation' in the cultural world was all a cultural code of an era brought about by the novel 'Millennium Love', the significance of this novel becomes even more important.
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* That love was meant to be.
It was a special love that was decided from a very long time ago.
It was the love of the soul that was expressed by covering the me of now, the me of a hundred years ago, the me of a thousand years ago, the me of the past through the layers of time.
I had experienced the love of that soul.
* Now, I want to talk about a woman.
I want to talk about a woman who was never called by name even for the trivial happiness that most people enjoy without much effort, but who was called by name without fail for the countless misfortunes that everyone else desperately avoids, and who was more familiar with despair than anyone else.
* Sitting down in the shade of the zelkova tree behind her, she let a tear drop fall on the dirt-covered pencil.
It was not tears shed by the sorrow of the past that moved the heart.
Just like that, a single, very clear teardrop welled up.
When I thought of that old rice worm sitting on a still, clean morning, I felt so proud of the time I had endured.
* If it seems that just being by the teacher's side is enough to transmit energy, you wouldn't understand.
The deeper the forest, the greater the shade and the stronger the cool breeze.
You can think of it as the same principle.
Great spiritual masters constantly impart energy to us, whether we know it or not.
We receive the grace of those giants without even knowing it.
* “Inhee! Inhee!”
When he called the child's name, the sound would echo throughout the mountains, shaking the branches, caressing the leaves, and settling on the tiny wild flowers, before finally returning to the grave where the child was.
It was a special love that was decided from a very long time ago.
It was the love of the soul that was expressed by covering the me of now, the me of a hundred years ago, the me of a thousand years ago, the me of the past through the layers of time.
I had experienced the love of that soul.
* Now, I want to talk about a woman.
I want to talk about a woman who was never called by name even for the trivial happiness that most people enjoy without much effort, but who was called by name without fail for the countless misfortunes that everyone else desperately avoids, and who was more familiar with despair than anyone else.
* Sitting down in the shade of the zelkova tree behind her, she let a tear drop fall on the dirt-covered pencil.
It was not tears shed by the sorrow of the past that moved the heart.
Just like that, a single, very clear teardrop welled up.
When I thought of that old rice worm sitting on a still, clean morning, I felt so proud of the time I had endured.
* If it seems that just being by the teacher's side is enough to transmit energy, you wouldn't understand.
The deeper the forest, the greater the shade and the stronger the cool breeze.
You can think of it as the same principle.
Great spiritual masters constantly impart energy to us, whether we know it or not.
We receive the grace of those giants without even knowing it.
* “Inhee! Inhee!”
When he called the child's name, the sound would echo throughout the mountains, shaking the branches, caressing the leaves, and settling on the tiny wild flowers, before finally returning to the grave where the child was.
---From the text
Publisher's Review
That love was meant to be.
It's me now, me a hundred years ago, me a thousand years ago,
It was the love of the soul that was revealed through the layers of time that covered me.
I had experienced the love of that soul.
A full-length novel by Yang Gui-ja published in August 1995.
This is the author's first romance novel, which tells the story of a tragic love that could not be realized a thousand years ago and how it continues a thousand years later, and it is completed in a lyrical style that invokes themes of reincarnation and fatalism. "A Thousand Years of Love" rose to the top of the bestseller list in September of that year, just one month after its publication, and remained in the top spot for five months. It was a million-seller and was loved by many readers, not leaving the bestseller list for nearly two years after that.
Moreover, if we consider that the subsequent craze for 'millenium' and 'reincarnation' in the cultural world was all a cultural code of an era brought about by the novel 'Millennium Love', the significance of this novel becomes even more important.
The revised edition of 『Millennium Love』, published by Tsuda Publishing, which recently acquired all copyrights to Yang Gui-ja's novels, combines the two volumes of the first edition into one volume to make it easier to collect.
Author's Note
It's an old symptom, but whenever I think about novels, I always feel suffocated.
I wanted to get away.
I used to think that if I could just get rid of the frame that was suffocating my head, I could write novels in a much different way, and thus escape this suffocation.
This novel is the trace of someone who lives in the world through writing, removing with his own hands a heavy frame in his head that he had carried with him his entire life.
After that, my breathing became much easier.
I hope that those who read this novel will find it easier to breathe, just like I did.
If I say that I might be a breath of fresh air for those who are trapped, those who feel limited, it might sound like an excuse.
But if you look closely, all excuses are actually true.
A writer's dream, a romance novel
"A Thousand Years of Love" is the first romance novel written by Yang Gui-ja, an author who has consistently listened to the stories of social conflict and the marginalized since her debut.
It is said that every writer wishes to write at least one touching romance novel in his or her lifetime.
"A Thousand Years of Love" is a groundbreaking novel that expands time and space infinitely, while also boldly establishing various concepts of qigong and Taoism, previously considered taboo, as key elements of the novel.
This novel has received many compliments for being a true Yang Gui-ja novel, as it achieves the maximum level of love story that writers dream of with such a bold approach.
Broadening the scope of the novel
"A Thousand Years of Love" is receiving significant critical acclaim as a work that broke the taboo of realism literature that had dominated until the 1990s and presented a new path for novels.
As the author himself said, “This novel is the trace of someone who lives in the world through writing, removing with his own hands a heavy frame in his head that he had carried with him his entire life.”
As Yang Gui-ja was the one who portrayed the conflicts of the 1980s more fiercely than anyone else in literature, this unconventional approach gave rise to much controversy, but readers wholeheartedly supported and were enthusiastic about it.
It was enough support to interpret it as meaning that literature and novels must expand their scope over time.
It's me now, me a hundred years ago, me a thousand years ago,
It was the love of the soul that was revealed through the layers of time that covered me.
I had experienced the love of that soul.
A full-length novel by Yang Gui-ja published in August 1995.
This is the author's first romance novel, which tells the story of a tragic love that could not be realized a thousand years ago and how it continues a thousand years later, and it is completed in a lyrical style that invokes themes of reincarnation and fatalism. "A Thousand Years of Love" rose to the top of the bestseller list in September of that year, just one month after its publication, and remained in the top spot for five months. It was a million-seller and was loved by many readers, not leaving the bestseller list for nearly two years after that.
Moreover, if we consider that the subsequent craze for 'millenium' and 'reincarnation' in the cultural world was all a cultural code of an era brought about by the novel 'Millennium Love', the significance of this novel becomes even more important.
The revised edition of 『Millennium Love』, published by Tsuda Publishing, which recently acquired all copyrights to Yang Gui-ja's novels, combines the two volumes of the first edition into one volume to make it easier to collect.
Author's Note
It's an old symptom, but whenever I think about novels, I always feel suffocated.
I wanted to get away.
I used to think that if I could just get rid of the frame that was suffocating my head, I could write novels in a much different way, and thus escape this suffocation.
This novel is the trace of someone who lives in the world through writing, removing with his own hands a heavy frame in his head that he had carried with him his entire life.
After that, my breathing became much easier.
I hope that those who read this novel will find it easier to breathe, just like I did.
If I say that I might be a breath of fresh air for those who are trapped, those who feel limited, it might sound like an excuse.
But if you look closely, all excuses are actually true.
A writer's dream, a romance novel
"A Thousand Years of Love" is the first romance novel written by Yang Gui-ja, an author who has consistently listened to the stories of social conflict and the marginalized since her debut.
It is said that every writer wishes to write at least one touching romance novel in his or her lifetime.
"A Thousand Years of Love" is a groundbreaking novel that expands time and space infinitely, while also boldly establishing various concepts of qigong and Taoism, previously considered taboo, as key elements of the novel.
This novel has received many compliments for being a true Yang Gui-ja novel, as it achieves the maximum level of love story that writers dream of with such a bold approach.
Broadening the scope of the novel
"A Thousand Years of Love" is receiving significant critical acclaim as a work that broke the taboo of realism literature that had dominated until the 1990s and presented a new path for novels.
As the author himself said, “This novel is the trace of someone who lives in the world through writing, removing with his own hands a heavy frame in his head that he had carried with him his entire life.”
As Yang Gui-ja was the one who portrayed the conflicts of the 1980s more fiercely than anyone else in literature, this unconventional approach gave rise to much controversy, but readers wholeheartedly supported and were enthusiastic about it.
It was enough support to interpret it as meaning that literature and novels must expand their scope over time.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: April 20, 2013
- Page count, weight, size: 508 pages | 648g | 135*215*35mm
- ISBN13: 9788998441029
- ISBN10: 8998441020
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