Dear My Left Hand
• Original title : 왼손에게
• Price : 14,000KRW
• Product Dimensions :
176x242, 80pages
• Publication Date : 2022-09-08
• ISBN : 9791160949636
Book Information & Summary
Written and Illustrated by Han Ji Won
The hands, which are the busiest one in a day, have finally become main characters!
The picture book by hands and for hands
Where would be the busiest parts of our body in a day? For sure, it depends on people, but they might be ‘hands’, which do the most tasks in our daily life. All day long, we use our five fingers in our hands almost all the time. In this book, the ‘hand’, which used to be the part of the main characters, now becomes the main character itself. This book, titled ‘Dear My Left Hand’, is a picture book, showing the movements of hands from the first page to the last one.
The left hand and the right hand….. Hands are the familiar parts of our body everyone can easily be sympathized with. The writer of this book talks about all kinds of relationships by using ‘hands’ as the main character. Some people are close to each other while sticking together all the time. However, they don’t really talk to each other how they honestly feel, and finally become estranged. Others discuss whose fault in arguments and keep misunderstanding each other. If this book reminds you of someone you have these kinds of relationships, let’s keep them in mind and open the first page. Of course, it is our hand who opens the page of this book.
In the position of the left hand and the right hand
The main character, who appears grabbing a pencil and seeming to talk, is the right hand. And then, the right hand begins talking about how it has felt putting up with the left hand. It makes sense that all the tasks were the responsibility of the right hand, from using spoon, brushing teeth, cutting something with scissors, to combing the hair as it insists. It is quite natural that the right hand is the one who moves for the first time at any moments. It even makes sense when we must do sophisticated and difficult tasks. However, there are some moments that the left hand makes movement first. The left hand moves first when we need to spread hand cream or wear some accessories, even though they don’t matter as much as the moments the right hand has to be involved.
One day, a fair opportunity has been finally given to both hands – wearing manicure. Anyone who happened to wear manicure herself would know how hard it is to wear them equally in both hands. Unlike the right hand, which completes its work clearly, the skill of the left hand is quite messy. Their emotions get deeper and deeper while they both communicate. Can they resolve their deep feelings hidden for a long time in the end?
The writer makes readers turn their eyes into the left hand at the end of the conflict. What would the left hand feel? This simple questions clearly solves the problem. Regardless of the right and the left, there are only two of us left - ‘me’ who first makes movement when my partner gets difficulty even if I am responsible for all kinds of things by myself, and ‘you’ who cannot succeed in things even though making a lot of efforts lonely. What about imagining yourself in a position of the person you remind of? The ending doesn’t have to be necessarily forgiveness or reconciliation. Sometimes, the happy ending can be achieved even with a simple genuine and heartful word.
Delicate emotions of moving hands at the end of thin lines made by a pencil
The writer, Han Ji Won, had various experiments of styles to express the ‘hand’, the most important thing in this book. To describe the most realistic and natural hand movements, the writer drew countless times. The hand completed by thin lines is somewhat familiar and realistic in some scenes, and it is also distorted dramatically and intentionally in other scenes. Furthermore, the writer depicted the wrinkles and power of the hand so that she expresses different emotions even with similar movements. The writer also hides witty humors in many places where the literary flow is square and strict. When the readers meet up the scenes that make them laugh, they would feel like they have received an interesting gift. If you enjoy a unique and refreshing book, this is the perfect fit for you.
The hands, which are the busiest one in a day, have finally become main characters!
The picture book by hands and for hands
Where would be the busiest parts of our body in a day? For sure, it depends on people, but they might be ‘hands’, which do the most tasks in our daily life. All day long, we use our five fingers in our hands almost all the time. In this book, the ‘hand’, which used to be the part of the main characters, now becomes the main character itself. This book, titled ‘Dear My Left Hand’, is a picture book, showing the movements of hands from the first page to the last one.
The left hand and the right hand….. Hands are the familiar parts of our body everyone can easily be sympathized with. The writer of this book talks about all kinds of relationships by using ‘hands’ as the main character. Some people are close to each other while sticking together all the time. However, they don’t really talk to each other how they honestly feel, and finally become estranged. Others discuss whose fault in arguments and keep misunderstanding each other. If this book reminds you of someone you have these kinds of relationships, let’s keep them in mind and open the first page. Of course, it is our hand who opens the page of this book.
In the position of the left hand and the right hand
The main character, who appears grabbing a pencil and seeming to talk, is the right hand. And then, the right hand begins talking about how it has felt putting up with the left hand. It makes sense that all the tasks were the responsibility of the right hand, from using spoon, brushing teeth, cutting something with scissors, to combing the hair as it insists. It is quite natural that the right hand is the one who moves for the first time at any moments. It even makes sense when we must do sophisticated and difficult tasks. However, there are some moments that the left hand makes movement first. The left hand moves first when we need to spread hand cream or wear some accessories, even though they don’t matter as much as the moments the right hand has to be involved.
One day, a fair opportunity has been finally given to both hands – wearing manicure. Anyone who happened to wear manicure herself would know how hard it is to wear them equally in both hands. Unlike the right hand, which completes its work clearly, the skill of the left hand is quite messy. Their emotions get deeper and deeper while they both communicate. Can they resolve their deep feelings hidden for a long time in the end?
The writer makes readers turn their eyes into the left hand at the end of the conflict. What would the left hand feel? This simple questions clearly solves the problem. Regardless of the right and the left, there are only two of us left - ‘me’ who first makes movement when my partner gets difficulty even if I am responsible for all kinds of things by myself, and ‘you’ who cannot succeed in things even though making a lot of efforts lonely. What about imagining yourself in a position of the person you remind of? The ending doesn’t have to be necessarily forgiveness or reconciliation. Sometimes, the happy ending can be achieved even with a simple genuine and heartful word.
Delicate emotions of moving hands at the end of thin lines made by a pencil
The writer, Han Ji Won, had various experiments of styles to express the ‘hand’, the most important thing in this book. To describe the most realistic and natural hand movements, the writer drew countless times. The hand completed by thin lines is somewhat familiar and realistic in some scenes, and it is also distorted dramatically and intentionally in other scenes. Furthermore, the writer depicted the wrinkles and power of the hand so that she expresses different emotions even with similar movements. The writer also hides witty humors in many places where the literary flow is square and strict. When the readers meet up the scenes that make them laugh, they would feel like they have received an interesting gift. If you enjoy a unique and refreshing book, this is the perfect fit for you.
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