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The Heart of That One Person Who Will Truly Understand After reading The New York Psychiatrist’s Human Library
2024.07.01
In this article, Korean readers of K-Book Trends recommend Korean books they have read to international readers.
The New York Psychiatrist’s Human Library
“I guess what I really needed was the heart of that one person who would truly empathize with me.”
I picked up The New York Psychiatrist’s Human Library (Almond), wondering what a “human library” might be. I thought it was a metaphor at first, but as I read on, I was surprised to learn that it’s actually a project that is run overseas. The Human Library Project invites people who are stigmatized as “minorities” in our society - racial minorities, people with AIDS, the homeless, sexual minorities, and others - to come in and have conversations in a safe space by checking them out like books in a library. When you get to talk to such a diverse group of people, the prejudices fade away, and you realize that we are all the same.
* K-Book Trends Vol. 66 – Go to the interview with publisher Almond
The author of the book, Nah Jong-Ho, spoke on the TV show “You Quiz On The Block” about how little our society understands about suicide and why mental health is important through the depressed patients he encountered as a psychiatrist. He continues that narrative in this book, talking about communication and empathy as a way to make our society healthier.
*Use quotes from the book to make wallpaper for your mobile phone!
Written by Kim Hyeon (Reader of K-Book Trends) Kim Hyeon (reader of K-Book Trends) #Event#The New York Psychiatrist’s Human Library#Almond#Human Library Project |
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