- Overview
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This book is a new travel essay on the people the author encountered on the streets and his thoughts on relationships and love, published after seven years since the publication of Attraction.
- Book Intro
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(English) The Wind Is Blowing, and I Like You
Lee Byungryul who gained a wide population with Attraction has published a new essay called The Wind Is Blowing, and I Like You. During the past seven years, he often packed his baggage, flew off to other countries, and returned home. His visa is now filled with entry stamps from more than 80 countries.
His journey shows what travel is. If you want to leave again, you must come back first. Then you can stand on a different starting point and let your guard down with a new map. Finally, you can go and meet “people.” Even when the environment changes with new buildings, people always remain unchanged. Yi was always among people, even when he traveled by himself, harboring a warm curiosity about them and longing for them. The Wind Is Blowing, and I Like You resonates more strongly with readers than Attraction with its heartwarming sentiment. Its witty yet thoughtful sentences and emotional photos pluck at the heartstrings of readers. The book may give readers a solitary feeling, but it will never let them become immersed in sorrow. The relentless wind blowing from somewhere will hit them, but their hearts will soon become warm. Readers will shed tears, but not the tears of sorrow.(Japanese) 風が吹く、君がいい
100万冊以上売り上げた、大人気作品『アトラクション』の二つ目の物語。筆者のこの旅行ノートは、長い間計画の練られた壮大な旅行記ではなく、見知らぬ旅行先でのささいな日常や周囲の人々の物語をありのまま伝えてくれる。旅行から帰ってきた後に、決心して机に向かって書いたようなキレイに整頓された文章でもない。とある国のとある道で腰掛けて、またはとあるレストランで料理を待ちながら、または古びたベッドに体を沈めて、そうして思い浮かんだ事柄をそのまま書き綴ったものだ。整えられていない躍動感の溢れる文章は、読者にまで、その時その場所の空気を感じさせてくれる。
- About the Author
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Lee Byungryul
(Japanese) 1967年、忠清北道・堤川生まれ。ソウル芸術大学文芸創作科を卒業し、1995年『韓国日報』新春文芸に詩『いい人たち』、『あの日は』が入選し、デビュー。著書に、詩集『あなたはどこかに行こうとしてる』、『風の私生活』、『燦爛』、『雪だるま旅館』、『海はよくあります』など、旅行散文集『アトラクション』、『風が吹く、あなたがいい』、『私の隣にいる人』、散文集『ひとりがひとりへ』があり、第11回現代詩学作品賞、発見文学賞を受賞した。
