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Book Introduction
“The first novel by Lee Chan-hyuk of Akdong Musician, an artist with a genius sensibility!”
The novel that inspired Akdong Musician's 2019 regular album "Sailing"
“What would it be like if there was no music?”
“Then I would have just walked?
I walk a little differently when I listen to music.
“It’s like walking ‘tadattadatta’ or ‘pong pong pong.’”
Lee Chan-hyuk's first novel is published.
He stated, “I wanted to express my thoughts not only through music but also through other means,” and metaphorically expressed his values on life and his perspective on art through the novel “A Fish in Water.”
This work shares the same worldview as Akdong Musician's regular album "Sailing", which was released on the same day in the fall of 2019. It contains dark, blue questions thrown at the world, the meaning of protecting precious things, and a unique perspective on the shining moments of life.
"A Fish in Water" uses a powerful story that overturns imagination and a solid structure to show human desires and fears, the contrast between freedom and control, the joys of love and the scars of loss, and the meaning of life, sometimes calmly and sometimes fantastically.
Rather than hasty and fragmentary interpretations, the author hopes that readers will freely discover the novel's meaning for themselves. He encourages readers to freely float through the novel, breathe deeply, and ask and answer questions about their own lives.
The novel is imbued with a delicate sensibility embedded in each sentence, a clear sense that comforts and purifies the mind, and philosophical questions that make one immerse oneself in thought.
For readers who have been unable to fully experience his world through short lyrics, I hope you will fully enjoy the expansive world he unfolds in his novels.
The novel that inspired Akdong Musician's 2019 regular album "Sailing"
“What would it be like if there was no music?”
“Then I would have just walked?
I walk a little differently when I listen to music.
“It’s like walking ‘tadattadatta’ or ‘pong pong pong.’”
Lee Chan-hyuk's first novel is published.
He stated, “I wanted to express my thoughts not only through music but also through other means,” and metaphorically expressed his values on life and his perspective on art through the novel “A Fish in Water.”
This work shares the same worldview as Akdong Musician's regular album "Sailing", which was released on the same day in the fall of 2019. It contains dark, blue questions thrown at the world, the meaning of protecting precious things, and a unique perspective on the shining moments of life.
"A Fish in Water" uses a powerful story that overturns imagination and a solid structure to show human desires and fears, the contrast between freedom and control, the joys of love and the scars of loss, and the meaning of life, sometimes calmly and sometimes fantastically.
Rather than hasty and fragmentary interpretations, the author hopes that readers will freely discover the novel's meaning for themselves. He encourages readers to freely float through the novel, breathe deeply, and ask and answer questions about their own lives.
The novel is imbued with a delicate sensibility embedded in each sentence, a clear sense that comforts and purifies the mind, and philosophical questions that make one immerse oneself in thought.
For readers who have been unable to fully experience his world through short lyrics, I hope you will fully enjoy the expansive world he unfolds in his novels.
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index
voyage
Freedom
moon
voyage
shanty
artist
treasure
voyage
Freedom 2
garden
fish in water
whale
Farewell
voyage
Freedom
moon
voyage
shanty
artist
treasure
voyage
Freedom 2
garden
fish in water
whale
Farewell
voyage
Into the book
“Seon-ah, don’t think about anything grand.
If you feel like you can't keep your word, just say as much as you can.
I said I wouldn't drink alcohol since I was little.
And I haven't had a drink since.
Because I knew I couldn't drink.
And now I'm going to eat tomatoes."
She spoke with her mouth wide open.
“That’s what I said.”
Then he put two cherry tomatoes in his mouth, chewed them, and swallowed them with an exaggerated gesture.
“This is guarded.”
--- p.93
“If there was no music, we would have to buy a lot of drawers and such.
Because originally, I carried around memories in music.
We should put the memories of our visit here today in a newly purchased drawer and put a tape on the outside that says 'Little Star'.
It might be a hassle.
But there's no need to do that.
Because we have the sea.
The sea is a very large drawer.
“We may be sitting on a sandy beach in the distant future and recalling today.”
--- p.52
If this moment were our last.
If this field of reeds is our last freedom.
There was no more time to delay.
I jumped up.
And he took off his top and trousers.
Ha-Ye-Ye-Ha laughed out loud at my strange behavior.
I jumped like a madman into the neat reed field naked.
The work on the brown paper that will be drawn from now on was only for Ha-Ye.
--- p.43
The reason why the saying that it is nonsense came about is because we could not see it with our own eyes.
I saw everything clearly with my own two eyes.
--- p.152
“I clean the streets where people in this neighborhood walk every day.
They forget on their way home in the evening that they threw away a gum wrapper on the street in the morning.
Because I already cleaned it up.
You would never have encountered the packaging you threw away, so you would never have remembered it again.
Likewise, they leave their anger towards their husbands in front of the house when they go to work in the morning.
Some days, there are things like jealousy and envy that come from school.
I pick up what they express and throw away carelessly.
Then, when they pass through that path, they will not have the same feelings again.
“I went home, forgetting everything, and loved my husband again like I used to.”
--- p.113
Most flowers that bloom in special places suffer and die on their own.
The blue flowers here had never seen white flowers before.
Just think of how much the surrounding flowers shunned and ignored the white flower just because it was different.
Special flowers struggle with hardship every day.
Because he himself thinks that his color is wrong.
No matter how much you water special flowers, they slowly wither and die in pain.
My role is to cut those flowers as soon as they are born, when they are too small to feel pain.”
If you feel like you can't keep your word, just say as much as you can.
I said I wouldn't drink alcohol since I was little.
And I haven't had a drink since.
Because I knew I couldn't drink.
And now I'm going to eat tomatoes."
She spoke with her mouth wide open.
“That’s what I said.”
Then he put two cherry tomatoes in his mouth, chewed them, and swallowed them with an exaggerated gesture.
“This is guarded.”
--- p.93
“If there was no music, we would have to buy a lot of drawers and such.
Because originally, I carried around memories in music.
We should put the memories of our visit here today in a newly purchased drawer and put a tape on the outside that says 'Little Star'.
It might be a hassle.
But there's no need to do that.
Because we have the sea.
The sea is a very large drawer.
“We may be sitting on a sandy beach in the distant future and recalling today.”
--- p.52
If this moment were our last.
If this field of reeds is our last freedom.
There was no more time to delay.
I jumped up.
And he took off his top and trousers.
Ha-Ye-Ye-Ha laughed out loud at my strange behavior.
I jumped like a madman into the neat reed field naked.
The work on the brown paper that will be drawn from now on was only for Ha-Ye.
--- p.43
The reason why the saying that it is nonsense came about is because we could not see it with our own eyes.
I saw everything clearly with my own two eyes.
--- p.152
“I clean the streets where people in this neighborhood walk every day.
They forget on their way home in the evening that they threw away a gum wrapper on the street in the morning.
Because I already cleaned it up.
You would never have encountered the packaging you threw away, so you would never have remembered it again.
Likewise, they leave their anger towards their husbands in front of the house when they go to work in the morning.
Some days, there are things like jealousy and envy that come from school.
I pick up what they express and throw away carelessly.
Then, when they pass through that path, they will not have the same feelings again.
“I went home, forgetting everything, and loved my husband again like I used to.”
--- p.113
Most flowers that bloom in special places suffer and die on their own.
The blue flowers here had never seen white flowers before.
Just think of how much the surrounding flowers shunned and ignored the white flower just because it was different.
Special flowers struggle with hardship every day.
Because he himself thinks that his color is wrong.
No matter how much you water special flowers, they slowly wither and die in pain.
My role is to cut those flowers as soon as they are born, when they are too small to feel pain.”
--- p.149
Publisher's Review
The first novel by Lee Chan-hyuk of Akdong Musician, an artist with a genius sensibility!
A work that shares the same worldview as Akdong Musician's 2019 regular album "Sailing"
“As we sing,
As we say,
“May we live as we swim.”
Lee Chan-hyuk's first novel has been published.
He stated, “I wanted to express my thoughts not only through music but also through other means,” and metaphorically expressed his values in life and his views on art through the novel “A Fish in Water.”
This work shares the same worldview as Akdong Musician's regular album 『Sailing』, released in the fall of 2019, and contains dark and blue questions thrown at the world, the meaning of protecting precious things, and his own free and serious perspective on the shining moments of life.
The author, who has been consistently active in music since his debut as a member of Akdong Musician in 2012 and has received much love from the public, plans to continue to reflect on his artistic perspective, the meaning of love, and precious moments in life through music and philosophical reflections.
“I wanted to know what I was.”
Transcendent imagination, may you be free within it.
While working on a recording for an album release, Sun comes to the realization that the life he pursues as an artist is not here right now, so he decides to stop working and go on a year-long trip.
It was a journey to find life as a true artist.
Since he started his journey, he has met countless artists, but he has never found what he expected.
They were full of arrogance and delusion, and were all intoxicated by a strange world.
Still thirsty, Sun embarks on the final leg of his journey, where he accidentally saves the life of a short-haired woman in the middle of a deck where waves crash in the dead of night.
An encounter that will shake up your life.
As Seon spends the rest of his journey with her, he begins to unravel the answers he has been searching for in life one by one, but he becomes increasingly overcome with anxiety and deep questions about her.
"A Fish in Water" uses a powerful story that overturns imagination and a solid structure to show human desires and fears, the contrast between freedom and control, the joys of love and the scars of loss, and the meaning of life, sometimes calmly and sometimes fantastically.
Rather than hasty and fragmentary interpretations, the author hopes that readers will freely discover the novel's meaning for themselves. This encourages readers to freely float through the novel, breathe deeply, and ask and answer questions about their own lives.
As if the melody is flowing
Lee Chan-hyuk's sentences, delicately imbued with emotion
The name Lee Chan-hyuk is always preceded by the adjective ‘genius.’
Many people have been captivated by his unique lyrics that talk about everyday life but have never been seen before, his unique perspective on people and things, and his depth of emotions that seem to have no end, and the public's anticipation for his new creations always follows.
The novel is imbued with a delicate sensibility embedded in each sentence, a clear sense that comforts and purifies the mind, and philosophical questions that make one immerse oneself in thought.
For readers who have been unable to fully experience his world through short lyrics, I hope you will fully enjoy the expansive world he unfolds in his novels.
A work that shares the same worldview as Akdong Musician's 2019 regular album "Sailing"
“As we sing,
As we say,
“May we live as we swim.”
Lee Chan-hyuk's first novel has been published.
He stated, “I wanted to express my thoughts not only through music but also through other means,” and metaphorically expressed his values in life and his views on art through the novel “A Fish in Water.”
This work shares the same worldview as Akdong Musician's regular album 『Sailing』, released in the fall of 2019, and contains dark and blue questions thrown at the world, the meaning of protecting precious things, and his own free and serious perspective on the shining moments of life.
The author, who has been consistently active in music since his debut as a member of Akdong Musician in 2012 and has received much love from the public, plans to continue to reflect on his artistic perspective, the meaning of love, and precious moments in life through music and philosophical reflections.
“I wanted to know what I was.”
Transcendent imagination, may you be free within it.
While working on a recording for an album release, Sun comes to the realization that the life he pursues as an artist is not here right now, so he decides to stop working and go on a year-long trip.
It was a journey to find life as a true artist.
Since he started his journey, he has met countless artists, but he has never found what he expected.
They were full of arrogance and delusion, and were all intoxicated by a strange world.
Still thirsty, Sun embarks on the final leg of his journey, where he accidentally saves the life of a short-haired woman in the middle of a deck where waves crash in the dead of night.
An encounter that will shake up your life.
As Seon spends the rest of his journey with her, he begins to unravel the answers he has been searching for in life one by one, but he becomes increasingly overcome with anxiety and deep questions about her.
"A Fish in Water" uses a powerful story that overturns imagination and a solid structure to show human desires and fears, the contrast between freedom and control, the joys of love and the scars of loss, and the meaning of life, sometimes calmly and sometimes fantastically.
Rather than hasty and fragmentary interpretations, the author hopes that readers will freely discover the novel's meaning for themselves. This encourages readers to freely float through the novel, breathe deeply, and ask and answer questions about their own lives.
As if the melody is flowing
Lee Chan-hyuk's sentences, delicately imbued with emotion
The name Lee Chan-hyuk is always preceded by the adjective ‘genius.’
Many people have been captivated by his unique lyrics that talk about everyday life but have never been seen before, his unique perspective on people and things, and his depth of emotions that seem to have no end, and the public's anticipation for his new creations always follows.
The novel is imbued with a delicate sensibility embedded in each sentence, a clear sense that comforts and purifies the mind, and philosophical questions that make one immerse oneself in thought.
For readers who have been unable to fully experience his world through short lyrics, I hope you will fully enjoy the expansive world he unfolds in his novels.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: September 26, 2019
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 200 pages | 360g | 135*195*18mm
- ISBN13: 9791130625904
- ISBN10: 1130625907
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