What Happened to a Cicada during the Last Summer?
• Original title : 매미, 여름 내내 무슨 일이 있었을까?
• Price : 12,000KRW
• Product Dimensions :
188*240, 115pages
• Publication Date : 2004-07-15
• ISBN : 978-89-5828-026-2, 978-89-5828-026-2(세트)
Book Information & Summary
Written by Park, Sung-Ho / Illustrated by Kim, Dong-Sung
A story about the cicadas in cities, struggling to survive under harsh environment of the cities.
This story, through specific observation, deals with how cicadas live in the cities. The author once produced a documentary film about cicadas' life in the cities. The story shows the process of an adult cicada to bear eggs and die, starting from an egg to a larva, to an adult cicada, through the eyes of an elementary school kid, Byung-Gyu.
Byung-Gyu who lives in a flat in Seoul hated cicadas, so when he found an almost dying cicada in front of the door, he thought, 'It deserved to die because it cried so loudly'. However, when he realized the cicada was squirming to live but finally died, he felt sorry for it. After he felt curious about the life and death of cicadas, he began to observe cicadas from that day. His observation lasted from winter when cicadas' eggs were laid to the summer when the eggs hatched out. In that process, he happened to recognize that how hard cicadas struggle to survive in the cities. As he was smiling for satisfaction and crying for sympathy, he came to realize tiny and seemingly useless insects were also valuable creatures.
This story is funny and touching, and has useful information. Specific details about cicadas' life and death are attached separately from the main contents. The book contains larva's underground life, cicadas' mating, their one-year-life destiny, their enemies, and the reason why people began to hate cicadas for their loudness.
A story about the cicadas in cities, struggling to survive under harsh environment of the cities.
This story, through specific observation, deals with how cicadas live in the cities. The author once produced a documentary film about cicadas' life in the cities. The story shows the process of an adult cicada to bear eggs and die, starting from an egg to a larva, to an adult cicada, through the eyes of an elementary school kid, Byung-Gyu.
Byung-Gyu who lives in a flat in Seoul hated cicadas, so when he found an almost dying cicada in front of the door, he thought, 'It deserved to die because it cried so loudly'. However, when he realized the cicada was squirming to live but finally died, he felt sorry for it. After he felt curious about the life and death of cicadas, he began to observe cicadas from that day. His observation lasted from winter when cicadas' eggs were laid to the summer when the eggs hatched out. In that process, he happened to recognize that how hard cicadas struggle to survive in the cities. As he was smiling for satisfaction and crying for sympathy, he came to realize tiny and seemingly useless insects were also valuable creatures.
This story is funny and touching, and has useful information. Specific details about cicadas' life and death are attached separately from the main contents. The book contains larva's underground life, cicadas' mating, their one-year-life destiny, their enemies, and the reason why people began to hate cicadas for their loudness.