- Overview
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The story of second-year high school teens who step out into the wider world and share their wounds through their relationships with others.
- Book Intro
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(Indonesian) Seorang penulis yang sama sekali tidak pernah mendapatkan workshop kepenulisan dan bukan merupakan lulusan jurusan sastra memutuskan untuk mulai menulis dengan gaya bahasanya sendiri. Ia adalah gadis SMA kelas dua bernama Ban Yoo Hwan yang ke sekolah hanya untuk tidur karena ia bekerja paruh waktu hingga subuh. Ia juga sosok yang tidak berbicara pada siapapun dan tidak punya minat dalam belajar. Hingga suatu hari, tanpa disangka, "seorang yang dikucilkan" bernama Jinaru datang padanya dan mengajaknya berteman. Kisah dalam novel ini mengungkapkan dukukngan yang tak disangka-sangka untuk hati yang tersakiti dan resah dalam suatu hubungan
(English)
“It feels like you’re the only one who treats me fairly. You avoid everyone.”
A 25-year-old writer’s remarkable debut novel surprises us with its fresh perspectives and frank expressions.
“It’s my choice—whether or not I’m interested in someone. It’s not a matter of course.”
The story of us unprocessed by the language of grown-ups.
This is a captivating story about six teenagers—each wounded in a different way—who step out to experience the wider world through their relationships with others. At some point in life, we all go through times of wandering. Unexpected Season sheds light on that experience through the perspectives and language of teens, rather than through the eyes of adults. The adult helper usually found in novels about a teenage protagonist is absent from this story, which means that the kids must deal with conflicts and obstacles each in their own way. It is touching to see them struggle to find their own path. Given that many novels about teenagers have been filtered through “the eyes of adults,” it is not difficult to guess where the novelty of this novel by a young author (born in 1994) comes from.
Eighteen-year-old Ban Yoonhwan shuns the world because of a painful childhood experience. Ji Naroo is an outcast, ostracized from the rest of the world. Troublemaker Kang Eunbi likes Ji Naroo but always gives him the cold shoulder. Model student Kang Byul is tormented by regrets about the past. Perfect kid Yoon Geon has lost touch with his true feelings. These are some of the unique and fascinating characters who take a step forward into the world and share their wounds through their relationships with others. Whether we like it or not, we must deal with human interactions every day. Within that process, sometime we get hurt unknowingly. People say we become adults when we get used to the hurt. Yet, the author asks, “Is getting used to the hurt necessarily a good thing? Or, are we simply becoming hard-hearted?” As stated in the author’s preface, Im Haun has written this book in hopes of thawing readers’ hearts. Perhaps for that reason, the sincerity and truthfulness we find in the characters—even though they don’t promise a bright future or say that everything will be okay—present us with unexpected warmth and consolation.
- About the Author
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Im Haun
(Indonesian) Penulis lahir di Seoul pada November 1994. Dua tahun setelah kelulusan, ia bekerja di Gimpo Airport Special Security Industry dan mulai menulis novel tahun 2016
(English) Im Haun was born in November 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. Since graduating from a community college, he has been working in the special security industry at Gimpo International Airport. Im began writing novels in 2016.