To Receive Banana Early In the Morning
• Original title : 바나나가 더 일찍 오려면
• Price : 15,000KRW
• Product Dimensions :
198x257, 44pages
• Publication Date : 2024-05-30
• ISBN : 9791169812016
Book Information & Summary
'Democratic Rights Picture Book'
'Democratic Rights Picture Book' is a non-fiction picture book series (8 volumes in total) published by Sakyejul Publishing company in collaboration with the Democratic Movement Commemoration. The books take a closer look at the modern society we live in and identify various social agendas, which are then presented in picture books. Discrimination and inequality, migrant labor, gender roles, sensitivity to violence, and the meaning of democracy and human rights are presented in these picture books that children and adults can relate to and easily understand in their daily lives.
The series features a number of authors who are currently working on picture books, each with their own unique body of work. Winners of the Bologna Ragazzi Award, BIB, and Korea Picture Book Award, as well as unique picture book authors with strong fan bases, joined us. Thirteen picture book authors from Korea and abroad agreed with the intention of the Democratic Rights Picture Book and actively participated in this project.
The 'Democracy and Human Rights Picture Book Project' was launched in early 2022 with the intention of establishing picture books as an exhibition content in the field of Korea's contemporary history. The project, which was executed with the hope that the values of democracy and human rights would be conveyed to future generations through the high artistic and communicative power of picture books, has now come to fruition and will be published as a picture book.
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written and illustrated by Jung Jinho
One evening, Min Joo orders a banana for breakfast on her cell phone. The banana arrives at her doorstep, probably at dawn the next day. This first scene in the picture book illustrates the daily routine of online grocery shopping with a smartphone these days. In the modern society, ordering things online and having them delivered quickly is no longer something special.
Just look at the signs in every shopping mall, promoting early morning delivery, same-day delivery, etc. to entice consumers.
Order, delivery, arrival. What's going on behind the scenes of our simple and convenient consumer lives? The author, Jung Jin Ho, takes a look at what happens between ordering and arrival. When you order a banana, the courier has to leave at dawn, and for the courier to leave at dawn, he has to get to a gas station that opens earlier, and for the gas station to open earlier, the gas station worker has to get on the subway earlier... and so on... a picture of people working in the middle of the night with their tails between their legs. It shows workers at work: a delivery driver, a gas station worker, a railroad mechanic, a restaurant owner, a fish shop owner, a fisherman, a factory worker, and so on. The workers all rush to make sure the bananas arrive 'earlier'. The speed of the world, which runs like a cog, increases as the workers move 'earlier'. The author shows us a cross-section of our society connected by labor and asks, "Who is the person that gets us moving early?
'Democratic Rights Picture Book' is a non-fiction picture book series (8 volumes in total) published by Sakyejul Publishing company in collaboration with the Democratic Movement Commemoration. The books take a closer look at the modern society we live in and identify various social agendas, which are then presented in picture books. Discrimination and inequality, migrant labor, gender roles, sensitivity to violence, and the meaning of democracy and human rights are presented in these picture books that children and adults can relate to and easily understand in their daily lives.
The series features a number of authors who are currently working on picture books, each with their own unique body of work. Winners of the Bologna Ragazzi Award, BIB, and Korea Picture Book Award, as well as unique picture book authors with strong fan bases, joined us. Thirteen picture book authors from Korea and abroad agreed with the intention of the Democratic Rights Picture Book and actively participated in this project.
The 'Democracy and Human Rights Picture Book Project' was launched in early 2022 with the intention of establishing picture books as an exhibition content in the field of Korea's contemporary history. The project, which was executed with the hope that the values of democracy and human rights would be conveyed to future generations through the high artistic and communicative power of picture books, has now come to fruition and will be published as a picture book.
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written and illustrated by Jung Jinho
One evening, Min Joo orders a banana for breakfast on her cell phone. The banana arrives at her doorstep, probably at dawn the next day. This first scene in the picture book illustrates the daily routine of online grocery shopping with a smartphone these days. In the modern society, ordering things online and having them delivered quickly is no longer something special.
Just look at the signs in every shopping mall, promoting early morning delivery, same-day delivery, etc. to entice consumers.
Order, delivery, arrival. What's going on behind the scenes of our simple and convenient consumer lives? The author, Jung Jin Ho, takes a look at what happens between ordering and arrival. When you order a banana, the courier has to leave at dawn, and for the courier to leave at dawn, he has to get to a gas station that opens earlier, and for the gas station to open earlier, the gas station worker has to get on the subway earlier... and so on... a picture of people working in the middle of the night with their tails between their legs. It shows workers at work: a delivery driver, a gas station worker, a railroad mechanic, a restaurant owner, a fish shop owner, a fisherman, a factory worker, and so on. The workers all rush to make sure the bananas arrive 'earlier'. The speed of the world, which runs like a cog, increases as the workers move 'earlier'. The author shows us a cross-section of our society connected by labor and asks, "Who is the person that gets us moving early?
Editor’s Note
