Translator: Gene Png
Genres: Subject-led Non-Fiction in Translation
Expanding well beyond the Western mainstream’s 4 seasons, SEASONAL HAPPINESS is divided across 24 essays in accordance with the Chinese lunisolar calendar’s miroseasons observed by our Korean ancestors.
With journalling prompts and activity suggestions closing each essay, the reader has the option of an engaging and customisable toolkit to get curious about and grounded into the changing seasons.
From differentiating flora and fauna by name to eating more seasonally, from finding the best place to listen to late autumnal rain to reconnecting with a lost friend, Kim’s energised prose lives and breathes the book’s message: that living outside-in can be just as nourishing and impactful as living inside-out.
In a world where self-help can, when misapplied, devolve into the self-serving and isolating strains of individualism, SEASONAL HAPPINESS is a breath of fresh air reminding us to stay receptive to nature’s lessons in impermanence, slowness and wonder. So that you no longer spend winter waiting for summer or despair at the sight of rain, but practise true presence in each moment’s specificity.
Perfect for anyone inspired by Jenny Odell’s HOW TO DO NOTHING, Rosie Steer’s SLOW SEASON or Juhee Mun’s THE HEALING POWER OF KOREAN LETTER WRITING, translation by Claire Richards.
Translator: Gene Png
Genres: Subject-led Non-Fiction in Translation
Expanding well beyond the Western mainstream’s 4 seasons, SEASONAL HAPPINESS is divided across 24 essays in accordance with the Chinese lunisolar calendar’s miroseasons observed by our Korean ancestors.
With journalling prompts and activity suggestions closing each essay, the reader has the option of an engaging and customisable toolkit to get curious about and grounded into the changing seasons.
From differentiating flora and fauna by name to eating more seasonally, from finding the best place to listen to late autumnal rain to reconnecting with a lost friend, Kim’s energised prose lives and breathes the book’s message: that living outside-in can be just as nourishing and impactful as living inside-out.
In a world where self-help can, when misapplied, devolve into the self-serving and isolating strains of individualism, SEASONAL HAPPINESS is a breath of fresh air reminding us to stay receptive to nature’s lessons in impermanence, slowness and wonder. So that you no longer spend winter waiting for summer or despair at the sight of rain, but practise true presence in each moment’s specificity.
Perfect for anyone inspired by Jenny Odell’s HOW TO DO NOTHING, Rosie Steer’s SLOW SEASON or Juhee Mun’s THE HEALING POWER OF KOREAN LETTER WRITING, translation by Claire Richards.
