The stories behind their books

“I regretted thinking, “Why did I only read the author’s book now?””

“A little while ago, I read a book called *The Wizard’s Bakery*.”

“One of the books I’ve read recently is Scythe.”

“It’s about a world where, with the emergence of something called the Thunderhead in the future, people no longer die, and a figure called a Scythe regulates the population. I think the concept is so unique: when an age comes in which people no longer die, someone still has to die, so the question is who should be the one to die.”

“Alain de Botton’s books are difficult even for adults, so there are many parts I don’t understand. But if you read them five or six times, you come to understand, “Oh, that’s what it means.” There’s a shock that comes from that.”

“I regretted not having read this book sooner.”

“I started reading it for the first time on the plane, and it was so interesting that I read about half of it.”

“I regretted thinking, “Why did I only read your books now?””

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

““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.””

“I watched the movie and read the book, and the book is overwhelmingly more fun. It's really fun.”

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

“I still like this song, just as I did before the album came out.”