어떻게 이 여름을 견뎌야 할지 오래도록 고민하다가 그 때엔 이름 붙이지 못했던 마음들과, 이름 붙인 채 잘 우려냈던 순간들을 조금씩 꺼내 적었습니다.
허무와 환희 사이를 오가며 때로 여름이 버거운 이들에게 이 책을 바칩니다.
There are moments when only in retrospect
we realize that what we felt was emptiness, and that what we lived through was joy.
After long wondering how to endure this summer, I began to write—gently taking out feelings that once had no names, alongside moments that were carefully named and well steeped.
This book is dedicated to those who move back and forth
between emptiness and joy, and who sometimes find summer a difficult season to bear.