The stories behind their books

“Little Women also goes really well with spring. When I was young, you know how there’s always that thing that suddenly comes to mind… So this was a book I used to read when I was in elementary school, because we were told to read it during school vacation.”

“I wrote the song “Zeze” from the perspective of Minginho, the lime orange tree in the novel. Zeze is innocent, but cruel in some ways. As a character, Zeze has many contradictions. That’s why I found Zeze attractive and sexy.”

“People seem to be born as light as feathers, then gradually shoulder more weight as they live.”

“That author had a lot of books listed as bestsellers in Korea, including one called *Save Me*, and”

““I find myself chuckling, yet somehow there isn’t a single scene that doesn’t leave some corner of my heart sad. Conversely, even in a single leaf, even in one cheerful line of dialogue from the radio by my late senior Shin Hae-chul, an inevitable sadness lingers. But perhaps I’m intoxicated by the velvetleaf forest; strangely, I keep chuckling.””

“When I get stuck writing lyrics on my own, I find myself wondering, “How would Aunt Ina work it out?” As someone who does that, I’m genuinely glad this book exists.”

“I'd like to recommend Osamu Dazai's *No Longer Human*.”

“Not long ago, I read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which tells the story of four men and women who are very different from one another. It seems to me that people are born as light as feathers and gradually take on weight as they go through life. Personally, I thought Sabina’s life was wonderful.”

“I like it. I especially like it then, too. It makes me feel very calm and lets me think a lot, so I’ve been writing quite a lot of lyrics. I like it.”

“The books I'm currently reading—I’m reading two at the same time: one called *Consolation for Sorrow* and *Strange Comfort*.”

“It’s difficult.”

“Recently, I enjoyed reading a book called Little Nicolas. It's like a fairy tale for adults.”