The Unsaid
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Summary
“Is it even possible to love someone without losing myself?”
Through searing first-person narration, The Unsaid immerses readers in the inner thoughts of a woman rendered helpless in the face of love. A public servant leading a diligent and self-sufficient life, she experiences love at first sight when she encounters a pianist in distress, an event that completely upends her carefully ordered world. What begins as a passionate relationship with fevered sexual encounters over lunch breaks soon unravels as the man grows distant, ignoring her calls and texts. Despite the lack of emotional connection, she continues to love the egotistical, self-absorbed man devoted only to his music and career, choosing to endure both the ecstasy and agony caused by his presence and absence.
Her raw confessions draw readers into her emotional orbit, showing how love can blur the boundary between devotion and self-destruction, making it difficult to condemn her pursuit of a romance.
Through searing first-person narration, The Unsaid immerses readers in the inner thoughts of a woman rendered helpless in the face of love. A public servant leading a diligent and self-sufficient life, she experiences love at first sight when she encounters a pianist in distress, an event that completely upends her carefully ordered world. What begins as a passionate relationship with fevered sexual encounters over lunch breaks soon unravels as the man grows distant, ignoring her calls and texts. Despite the lack of emotional connection, she continues to love the egotistical, self-absorbed man devoted only to his music and career, choosing to endure both the ecstasy and agony caused by his presence and absence.
Her raw confessions draw readers into her emotional orbit, showing how love can blur the boundary between devotion and self-destruction, making it difficult to condemn her pursuit of a romance.
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As a literary agency, Greenbook Agency has imported more than 1,000 outstanding titles from all over the world. In 2017, Greenbook started representing the best-selling sci-fi author Kim Bo-Young. Soon after, Greenbook made a deal with HarperCollins for Kim Bo-Youngs 「I'm Waiting for You」, the first Korean science fiction to be published in the US market.
Since then, Greenbook has been adding more pages of deals and projects, representing numerous Korean writers, Djuna, Jeon Samhye, Jeon Heyjin,Park Moon-young, Yi seo-young, including Bora Chung, the author of 「Cursed Bunny」, which has short-listed for the International Booker Prize 2022.
Since then, Greenbook has been adding more pages of deals and projects, representing numerous Korean writers, Djuna, Jeon Samhye, Jeon Heyjin,Park Moon-young, Yi seo-young, including Bora Chung, the author of 「Cursed Bunny」, which has short-listed for the International Booker Prize 2022.