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Poet Ando Hyun's children's book for adults, "Salmon," has sold over one million copies.
First published in March 1996, poet Ando Hyun's children's book for adults, "Salmon," has remained a steady seller for over 20 years, and has sold over 1 million copies.
It is a rare occurrence for a single book to remain consistently loved across generations, even into adulthood.
『Salmon』 was published in its 100th printing in 2007 and is now in its 139th printing, selling over 1 million copies and becoming a bestseller.
First published in March 1996, poet Ando Hyun's children's book for adults, "Salmon," has remained a steady seller for over 20 years, and has sold over 1 million copies.
It is a rare occurrence for a single book to remain consistently loved across generations, even into adulthood.
『Salmon』 was published in its 100th printing in 2007 and is now in its 139th printing, selling over 1 million copies and becoming a bestseller.
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Salmon _9
Into the book
'Silver salmon.'
Clear-eyed salmon calls silver salmon.
Have you found your purpose in life?
'Yeah, a little.
Life is-'
Just as Silver Salmon is about to answer, it is finally Silver Salmon and Clear-eyed Salmon's turn to jump up.
'cheer up!'
And the clear-eyed salmon spoke briefly.
The silver salmon cannot open their eyes properly because of the water falling from the waterfall.
Although I hadn't eaten anything while riding up the Green River, I still had energy left in my body.
About half of that energy needs to be used now.
And you have to move your tail fin from side to side faster than ever before.
You have to jump with your whole body, with your whole body.
Clear-eyed salmon calls silver salmon.
Have you found your purpose in life?
'Yeah, a little.
Life is-'
Just as Silver Salmon is about to answer, it is finally Silver Salmon and Clear-eyed Salmon's turn to jump up.
'cheer up!'
And the clear-eyed salmon spoke briefly.
The silver salmon cannot open their eyes properly because of the water falling from the waterfall.
Although I hadn't eaten anything while riding up the Green River, I still had energy left in my body.
About half of that energy needs to be used now.
And you have to move your tail fin from side to side faster than ever before.
You have to jump with your whole body, with your whole body.
--- p.
110
110
'I know it's important for our salmon to lay eggs.
But I think it's not just about whether or not they lay eggs, but also how healthy and good the eggs they lay are.
If we start taking the easy way out, our children will also want to take the easy way out, and soon they will get used to it.
But if we jump over the waterfall, won't we be passing on the pain and joy of that moment to our offspring who will hatch from the eggs in the future? That's the only reason we should choose the difficult path of the waterfall instead of the easy one.' 'I know it's important for our salmon to lay eggs.
But I think it's not just about whether or not they lay eggs, but also how healthy and good the eggs they lay are.
If we start taking the easy way out, our children will also want to take the easy way out, and soon they will get used to it.
But if we jump over the waterfall, won't we be passing on the pain and joy of that moment to our future hatchlings? That's the only reason we should choose the difficult path of the waterfall over the easy one.
But I think it's not just about whether or not they lay eggs, but also how healthy and good the eggs they lay are.
If we start taking the easy way out, our children will also want to take the easy way out, and soon they will get used to it.
But if we jump over the waterfall, won't we be passing on the pain and joy of that moment to our offspring who will hatch from the eggs in the future? That's the only reason we should choose the difficult path of the waterfall instead of the easy one.' 'I know it's important for our salmon to lay eggs.
But I think it's not just about whether or not they lay eggs, but also how healthy and good the eggs they lay are.
If we start taking the easy way out, our children will also want to take the easy way out, and soon they will get used to it.
But if we jump over the waterfall, won't we be passing on the pain and joy of that moment to our future hatchlings? That's the only reason we should choose the difficult path of the waterfall over the easy one.
--- p.106
salmon...
The animal called salmon only gave me the impression that it was a fish.
But after reading this book, I realized how narrow my view of the world was.
salmon...
The animal called salmon only gave me the impression that it was a fish.
But after reading this book, I realized how narrow my view of the world was.
The animal called salmon only gave me the impression that it was a fish.
But after reading this book, I realized how narrow my view of the world was.
salmon...
The animal called salmon only gave me the impression that it was a fish.
But after reading this book, I realized how narrow my view of the world was.
--- From the text
Publisher's Review
Published in the UK, China, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, France, Thailand, Vietnam, Türkiye, and the Czech Republic
Selected by UK's HungerTV as one of the world's top 5 fables, along with "The Little Prince."
The Guardian's Best Holiday Books of 2015
『Salmon』, which is also being published in overseas translations, has been published in over 10 countries and is receiving great attention wherever it is published.
In particular, the UK's HungerTV selected "Salmon" as one of the "Top 5 Best Fables in the World" in 2015, along with "The Little Prince," "Animal Farm," and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," and the Guardian selected it as one of the "Best Books to Read on Holiday in 2015."
In this way, "Salmon" confirmed that a good text can transcend borders and language and provide universal emotion and joy.
The consistent love for 『Picture Book Salmon』, which features poet Ando Hyun's newly refined text for children, along with illustrations by Han Byeong-ho, widely known as the "Goblin Painter," and 『Reading Salmon in Comics』, which was reborn as a work by cartoonist Kim Yong-hoe, can also be understood in the same context.
A fairy tale like a novel, a novel like a fairy tale
The Eyes of the Heart for Innocent Love
"Salmon" is a work in which poet Ando Hyun's delicate and poetic sensibility beautifully blossoms.
The pain of growth and the painful and desperate love that follow the salmon's way of life of returning to its mother stream are depicted through the poet's deep gaze.
The story is about a 'silver salmon' who loses his sister salmon and falls in love with 'clear-eyed salmon' as he returns to his distant home stream with his fellow salmon, and grows up swimming against a waterfall. The sad yet beautiful fate of salmon, which finishes spawning and fertilization just before their death, is movingly melted into a poetic and warm writing style.
For over 20 years since its publication, "Salmon" has been widely supported by critics and readers, being compared to Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince."
Selected by UK's HungerTV as one of the world's top 5 fables, along with "The Little Prince."
The Guardian's Best Holiday Books of 2015
『Salmon』, which is also being published in overseas translations, has been published in over 10 countries and is receiving great attention wherever it is published.
In particular, the UK's HungerTV selected "Salmon" as one of the "Top 5 Best Fables in the World" in 2015, along with "The Little Prince," "Animal Farm," and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," and the Guardian selected it as one of the "Best Books to Read on Holiday in 2015."
In this way, "Salmon" confirmed that a good text can transcend borders and language and provide universal emotion and joy.
The consistent love for 『Picture Book Salmon』, which features poet Ando Hyun's newly refined text for children, along with illustrations by Han Byeong-ho, widely known as the "Goblin Painter," and 『Reading Salmon in Comics』, which was reborn as a work by cartoonist Kim Yong-hoe, can also be understood in the same context.
A fairy tale like a novel, a novel like a fairy tale
The Eyes of the Heart for Innocent Love
"Salmon" is a work in which poet Ando Hyun's delicate and poetic sensibility beautifully blossoms.
The pain of growth and the painful and desperate love that follow the salmon's way of life of returning to its mother stream are depicted through the poet's deep gaze.
The story is about a 'silver salmon' who loses his sister salmon and falls in love with 'clear-eyed salmon' as he returns to his distant home stream with his fellow salmon, and grows up swimming against a waterfall. The sad yet beautiful fate of salmon, which finishes spawning and fertilization just before their death, is movingly melted into a poetic and warm writing style.
For over 20 years since its publication, "Salmon" has been widely supported by critics and readers, being compared to Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince."
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: March 2, 1996
- Pages, weight, size: 134 pages | 400g | 153*224*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788985712682
- ISBN10: 8954603262
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