[New Release] and Others

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park]

◆At that time, I was standing at the bus stop= The second new poetry collection by poet Lee Seorin. Lee Seorin debuted through the 1995 'Gyeongnam Newspaper' New Year's Literary Contest. She won the Kim Daljin Changwon Literary Award in 2007. Her first poetry collection was titled 'The Interior of Evening.' Poet Hwang Jeongsan commented, "Lee Seorin's poems start from the tone of sorrow. Reading her poems, it seems that all our lives are connected to this sorrow. The poems face this sorrow and, by looking into the inner memories contained within it, discover a new hope and the power of affirmation." (Written by Lee Seorin / Parang)

◆Jumadeung End-of-Life Research Institute= A new novel by author Park Moonseong, who won the 2015 SF Award for short and medium-length stories and the 2019 SF Award Excellence Prize for novels. Set in a near future just after euthanasia was legalized, it tells a story about dignified death and depicts solidarity among women. Jumadeung End-of-Life Research Institute is a company that provides applicants with a service allowing them to experience and meet their desired death at a chosen scene beyond time and space. Applicants enter a virtual reality based on their memories to experience that time and space and decide their final resting place. Among mostly elderly applicants, two young female applicants become involved in various incidents at the institute, revealing its true nature. (Written by Park Munyoung / Changbi)

◆Light Net= The seventh poetry collection by poet Choi Jeongrae. It is her first collection in five years since 'The Stream is the Hometown of the Dragon,' which won the Oh Jang-hwan Literary Award. Choi Jeongrae began her literary career in 1990 through Hyundae Sihak and is celebrating her 30th anniversary this year. She has received the Baekseok Literary Award, Hyundae Literary Award, Midang Literary Award, among others. In this collection, the poet captures the diverse scenes of everyday life in prose poems. She stated that traditional poetic forms are clearly insufficient to express the complex and multifaceted nature of modern life, and she is experimenting with how to insert poetic elements into prose narratives. She explained that this experimentation started from a fundamental question about what poetry truly is. (Choi Jeongrae / Changbi)

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