Title; 'Nearby' (2009 Hwang Sun-won Literary Award) Author; Park Min-gyu Publisher; JoongAng Ilbo A deeply moving novel! Hello? This is Genie. Today's story is 'Nearby' by Park Min-gyu, which also won the 2009 Hwang Sun-won Literary Award. The narrator, who has been single all his life, returns to his hometown after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. He meets friends from 30 years ago and reflects on his past life. Surprisingly, a woman named Soon-im approaches him with a different purpose, and they enjoy dating and falling in love. Although it is only for a moment, he feels happiness after becoming two from being alone, and he is never lonely. You have to listen to this novel all the way through to really feel it. I hope you have a good time. [Writer Park Min-gyu] Born in Ulsan in 1968, he graduated from the Department of Creative Writing at Chung-Ang University. In 2003, he won the Munhakdongne Writers' Award for "Legend of Earth Heroes," which interestingly exposed the reality of American imperialism through the exploits of global heroes created by the United States. In the same year, he won the Hankyoreh Literary Award for "The Last Fan Club of the Sammi Superstars," which depicted people living with a "1.125 winning percentage" through the Sammi Superstars, the weakest baseball team in history. These wins announced the emergence of an author who has become "the freshest and most shocking event in the history of Korean literature." In 2005, he won the Shin Dong-yup Creative Writing Award for his first short story collection, "Castella," and in 2007, he won the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award for his mature and serious perspective on life with the short story "A Yellow River Boat," which depicts the lonely yet humorous life of an elderly person approaching his 60th birthday. In 2009, he won the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for his short story “Nearby,” and in 2010, he won the Yi Sang Literary Award for “The Gate of the Morning,” which “poses serious questions about the problematic nature of life in our time” through a situation in which a man about to end his life by suicide and a life that has not received a blessing encounter one another as it is about to enter the world. In 2012, he won the Oh Young-soo Literary Award for his short story “Roadkill,” establishing himself as a representative writer of the 2000s. Books; Short story collections “Castella” and “Double,” and full-length novels “Legend of Earth Heroes,” “The Last Fan Club of Sammi Superstars,” “Ping Pong,” and “Pavane for a Dead Princess.” Awards: 2012 Oh Young-su Literary Award, 2010 Lee Sang Literary Award, 2009 Hwang Sun-won Literary Award, 2007 Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, 2005 Shin Dong-yup Literary Award, 2003 Munhakdongne Writer's Award, 2003 Hankyoreh Literary Award [Source of 6 background photos] *Painter's Photo Travel *Deep gratitude to the author for allowing the use of the photos. #GenieRadio #KoreanShortStories #OldStories #ListeningToWhenYouGoToSleep #WomanReadingBooks [Timeline] 00:00:08 Intro 00:00:44 Story Text