눈부신안부｜Brilliant greetings

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The first novel by writer Bai Xiulin, the novel depicts a protagonist who cannot forgive himself for trying to escape tragedy in childhood, and who gradually embraces his once clumsy self with a broader perspective as he grows up. In the layers of narrative, readers can witness how a person tries to rely on his own strength to take reliable steps towards true healing and growth, and all of this is told through Bai Xiulin's gentle words.

This work can make people feel the delicate and gentle ripples in their hearts while reading, and bring about a beautiful change in the way we look at the world. This is the culmination of Bai Xiulin's novel world, and also a heartfelt greeting to all the "once brilliant but clumsy times".

The protagonist of <눈부신안부> is Lee Hae-mi, a girl who had to lie honestly in order to comfort others' sorrow. She suddenly lost her elder sister in a city gas explosion in 1994. Her mother and father could not hide the pain of losing their eldest daughter. Her younger sister, Haena, was too young to know anything about what happened and was still innocent.

As the eldest daughter, Haimei chose to suppress her sadness and shoulder everything with "white lies" in order to reassure her parents and appease her younger sister's dependence. Even when her mother decided to separate from her father and she moved to Germany with her mother and younger sister, Haimei never expressed her true feelings.

Even in Germany, Haimei continued to tell "harmless lies" that would not hurt anyone, pretending that she could adapt to life in a foreign land. The person who noticed her loneliness and anxiety was her aunt, who had moved to the local area as a German-sent nursing assistant and lived with a group of German-sent nursing women. Under the care of these "aunts", Haimei was moved by their tenacity, vitality and positive energy in settling down in a foreign land.

Dimensions: 13.4 x 19.9 x 2.6 cm | 316 pages