VOL.74/2024.09

 

#Autumn

KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform

2023.10.04

 

The Autumn of That Year

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Autumn of That Year
Author | Kwon Jeong-saeng, Kim Jaehong
Publisher | Changbi Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date | 2018-12-01
ISBN | 9788936455330
No. of pages | 56
Dimensions | 224 * 268

 

2. Book Intro

 

The Autumn of that year, an essay by writer Kwon Jeong-saeng, a shining star in South Korean children’s literature, has been recreated as a picture book. Children’s story writer Yoo Eun-sil, recipient of the 6th Kwon Jeongsaeng Fund for Writers, has rewritten the text for a picture book while retaining the emotive power of the original work. Painter Kim Jae-hong has done the illustrations. The account of the young Kwon Jeong-saeng, living in a vestibule of a church, encountering Changseop, a child with disabilities, unfolds like a sad yet beautiful fairy tale. Starting in February 1968, Kwon lived in the vestibule of a small Church. While struggling with poverty-related illness, he took care of the management of the church as a deacon, spent time with youngsters as a Sunday school teacher, and penned stories for children. In the autumn of 1971, a child started to visit the young Kwon’s vestibule, sometimes several times in a single day. This was Changseop, a 16-year-old with physical and intellectual disabilities. With his own illness, the young Kwon feels compassion and sympathy for Changseop, his occasional visitor, and comes to form a friendship with the boy. This book reflects moments from the young writer’s encounter with the child one drizzly autumn day up until the boy’s untimely decease.

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A Boy

1. Publication Details

 

Title | A Boy
Author | Yoon Dongju, Lee Sungpyo
Publisher | BORIM PRESS
Publication Date | 2016-10-21
ISBN | 9788943310554
No. of pages | 40
Dimensions | 240 * 285

 

2. Book Intro

 

Yoon Dongju is one of the most beloved poets in South Korea. He started writing poetry during the Japanese colonial rule and left only one poetry collection The Sky, Wind, Stars, and a Poem after death. A Boy is one of the poems included in the collection, written in 1939. In the poem A Boy, the autumn falls like a maple leaf under the sky, and a boy’s eyebrows are dyed blue. Paintings filled with a blue flow like a river, leading readers to a quiet and lonely lakeside. In the water, there is a “face as sad as love”, which a boy can see even when he closes his eyes. While the river keeps flowing, the face lingers before his eyes, which may signify love for someone, an aspiration for liberation, human freedom, or longing. The picture book as transparent as the sky, the river, and the stars, touches the souls of readers softly.

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An Outing with Dad

1. Publication Details

 

Title | An Outing with Dad
Author | Lee Sangkwen, Han Byoungho
Publisher | BORIM PRESS
Publication Date | 2003-10-20
ISBN | 9788943305184
No. of pages | 34
Dimensions | 202 * 295

 

2. Book Intro

 

An Outing with Dad describes a girl and her father’s hiking one autumn day, reminding of a picture diary drawn and written by children. For a child and dad, maple leaves, silver grass, acorns, and all the things found at an autumn mountain are toys to play with. When a girl begins to imitate a squirrel, her father mimics a bear. When the father teaches her how to shoot an arrow made with leaves, she learns it earnestly. In this way, the girl and her father become friends who play together and feel the nature together. For them, the autumn mountain is not something to conquer, but a place for emotional communication in which they can feel and see the nature.
The book consists of only the conversations between the girl and her father, without any narrations, which vividly conveys the experience at the mountain. Their friendly conversation allows readers to feel the intimacy and trust between them.
In addition, the use of colorful and diverse colors delivers the atmosphere of autumn mountain properly. The pencil lines that look tough and free are one of the characteristics of this book. The author Lee Sangkwen says that he drew the paintings with his left hand to make them look like the drawings of children. His unique drawings illustrated in an unrealistic and exaggerated manner create a sense of space when the girl and her father climb the mountain and express the pleasure and fatigue children could feel at the mountain.

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Where Are You Going, Grandma? Vol. 1 – 4

 

Title | Where Are You Going, Grandma? Vol. 1 – 4
Author | Cho Haeran
Publisher | Bori Publishing Co. Ltd.
Publication Date | 2007-03-15
ISBN | 9788984285811
No. of pages | 64
Dimensions | 200 * 250

 

2. Book Intro

 

Oki’s Story is a series of illustrated books that tells the stories of good, honest people who live as one with nature with a seasonal background of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. We’ve all had neighbors living in harmony with nature. These books are perfect for looking back at our neighbors as well as our own lives.
Oki is surrounded by loved ones, from her grandmother to quirky neighbors such as Yeongsik’s grandma, Byeol’s grandpa, Hongtaek’s grandma, Jeongsim, Sun, and more. The lovely people of Oki’s village live simple, honest lives in harmony with nature.
This precious series of illustrated books captures nature and the friendly faces of people we all need to meet in this day and age.
Oki, being raised by her grandmother, is a child who loves playing in nature and experiences everything it has to offer.
Oki, who enjoys a life that all children deserve to experience, is a true reflection of childlike purity.
Cho Haeran, the author, is serious yet whimsical, flashy yet simple, and lively yet deep.
Cho affectionately illustrates the past, future, humor, warmth, nature, and people in her books.
She has spent five years writing about and illustrating the mountains, fields, shores, markets, and villages of Seosan, her hometown. Cho’s unique and vivid illustrations bring the beauty of nature, delightful humanity, and joy of sharing to audiences in a meaningful way, and her witty and lyrical dialogues will leave a smile on the faces of readers to be cherished for a long time to come.
Experience the warmth and charm of people living together as one with nature through Cho’s unique portrayals in the Oki’s Story series.

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Reading Method Suitable for Me

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Reading Method Suitable for Me
Subtitle | Reading Method Different for Every Person
Author | Jeong Kyoungsoo
Publisher | SUPERGRAPHIC COMPANY
Publication Date | 2016-05-31
ISBN | 9791187201014
No. of pages | 224

 

2. Book Intro

 

This book explains the reason, purpose, and process of developing one’s own reading method.
There are many cases of students improving their grades or employees finding more success at work by reading. Some people have even experienced the healing impact of reading.
In the age of internet and smartphones, reading has become more crucial than ever.
While reading was a hobby or a cultured activity in the past, books are now an important source of information that enhances one’s work capacity, studies, and social activities. Reading now has a wide range of functions. The purpose of reading lies in generating new knowledge and information. Reading is not just limited to books but has been expanded to other forms of media. In the age of the internet and smartphones, it takes a strong driving force to engage in reading activities.
It is possible to search for and obtain virtually every bit of information on the internet, and the materials we want are only a few clicks away. However, to find information in a book, we must flip through its pages for a while. Although the internet seems to have more advantages for information seekers, many people still turn to books for information. For people who read books to find information and gain knowledge, books signify a system of information.
Reading methods also are important for when we look up information on the internet. To find what you need in the sea of information, you need a tool. Just like in real life you’d use a fishnet to catch fish, you need a systematic tool to get what you need in the sea of information contained in books. The shapes of fish nets vary depending on the types of fish. In the same way, different reading methods are used for different information.
Ironically, to find the right information on the internet, we must begin by reading books. After reading books and turning systemized information into knowledge, we can look up on the internet the latest information not explained in books.
Therefore, we must learn effective reading processes to obtain the information we need quickly and gain wisdom.

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Trapped in Books

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Trapped in Books
Subtitle | A Sci-Fi Anthology about Books and Bookstores
Author | Kim Seongil, Mun Nok-ju, Song Gyeong-a, O Seung-hyeon, Yi Kyeong-hi, Yi Ji-yeon, Jeon Hyejin, Seon Ran Cheon
Publisher | GU-FIC Publishing Company
Publication Date | 2020-01-27
ISBN | 9791187886600
No. of pages | 376
Dimensions | 146 * 206

 

2. Book Intro

 

Now is the golden age of Korean science fiction. Some may say that a new generation of writers, like the morning star, has led this current revival, but Korean science fiction has been developing deeply and steadily for longer than we thought. Trapped in Books: a Sci-Fi Anthology about Books and Bookstores is a collection of short stories by eight writers who are currently leading the revival of Korean science fiction with their brilliant and surprising imaginations. In this anthology, Kim Seong-il, Mun Nok-ju, Song Gyeong-a, O Seung-hyeon, Yi Gyeong- hi, Yi Ji-yeon, Jeon Hye- jin, and Cheon Seon-ran, all active in the vanguard of Korean science fiction, show their love for the genre in stories around the central theme of books and bookstores, offering readers more fun through various science fiction genre variations.

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The Dragonfly Letters

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Dragonfly Letters
Author | HAN, KIHYUN
Publisher | Gloyeon
Publication Date | 2016-12-06
ISBN | 9788992704519
No. of pages | 38
Dimensions | 232 * 232

 

2. Book Intro

 

A young girl who lives with her grandmother waits constantly for her mother to visit. Ever since the girl’s father suddenly passed away, all the girl can do is wait for her mother to come visit. The girl waits and waits and one day, she observes many dragonflies flying, and is inspired to send letters to her mother with the help of the dragonflies. This is a heartwarming story of a young girl being reunited with her mother with the help of some dragonflies.

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Classics in My Library

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Classics in My Library
Subtitle | Books that Helped Me Endure
Author | Suh Kyungsik
Publisher | Wood Pencil Books
Publication Date | 2015-08-24
ISBN | 9791195347001
No. of pages | 272
Dimensions | 135 * 195

 

2. Book Intro

 

Suh Kyungsik, the leading foreign-country-inhabitant essayist in Korea, reveals 18 classic books from his library that he’s held dear in his heart.
“This is not a list of literary books recommended to young people.”
Suh does not intend to leave his works as part of a long list of classics. He wants to stay away from formal knowledge and instead show a cross section of how he “conversed” with the classics. He views the search for one’s own way of reading and reasoning as a genuine intellectual attitude.
As someone who defined himself as an essayist, Suh’s writing reflects the moments shared with his books. In a small, bustling Chinese restaurant in Paris where chefs battle against hot flames, Suh recalls George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. Projecting the feelings of failure felt after the death of his father, Suh read Philippe Ari.

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Border Market

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Border Market
Author | Kim Sungjoong
Publisher | Munhakdongne Publishing Group
Publication Date | 2015-02-25
ISBN | 9788954635257
No. of pages | 248

 

2. Book Intro

 

This is the second collection of stories by Kim Seong-joong, published four years after Comedian. This collection conveys a sense of power behind the author’s creativity for building literary worlds and delivers readers a subtle blend of fantasy and reality by bridging his free and unique imagination with realism. The collection’s eight short stories about people entrenched in desire treat readers with tales that only Kim can tell, phasing between reality and imagination, as well as pain and joy.
It includes works such as Border Market, a story about a man who sells his memories to purchase goods, and Kumun, a story about a disease that shortens one’s lifespan in exchange for super intelligence. Also featured is Eva and Agnes, a story about the friendship between Eva, a promising model who loses the light in her life due to a traffic accident, and Agnes, a photojournalist on the streets of a conflict zone.

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The Ability to Part

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Ability to Part
Author | Kim Haeng-sook
Publisher | Moonji Publishing Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2007-07-20
ISBN | 9788932017976
No. of pages | 176

 

2. Book Intro

 

This book of poetry is by Kim Haengsook, a poet who made her debut in 1999 in the magazine Contemporary Literature. It’s comprised of four parts and features more than 70 poems including The World of Affection, Good Dog, and Chorus, as well as the titular The Ability to Part.
Poetry in the 2000s was largely divided into reality poems that sought to express something more real and surface poems that attempted to mobilize the potential world by affirming simulacra. Kim Haengsook works represent the latter. As described by literary critic Shin Hyeong-cheol, Kim’s poetry “dreams of a new world and sparks a new self”, and Kim’s “delicate sense of capturing an object as a simulacrum and methodological lightness in simulacratizing make her poetry special.”

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