Asia Publishers presents some of the very best modern Korean literature to readers worldwide through its new Korean literature series . We are proud and happy to offer it in the most authoritative translation by renowned translators of Korean literature. We hope that this series helps to build solid bridges between citizens of the world and Koreans through a rich in-depth understanding of Korea. Part of the story Kong says if he had known about all of this ahead of time, he would have given up on things like preparing for employment earlier on, and traveled a lot and had slept with women to his heart's content. Then all of a sudden he blurts out: "Do you know who's the bitterest person in the world at this moment?" "Well... rich people?" "The person whose last orthodontics appointment is tomorrow." I laugh loudly. He continues: the man getting discharged from the army service tomorrow; the college prep student receiving his admission letter tomorrow; the head of a family who's finally able to own a house for the first time tomorrow; the woman giving birth tomorrow; the baby born tomorrow... The people who feel bitter the most aren't those who already have a lot, but those who have a future to await. "You know, Halley's Comet." "Yeah, what about it?"Kong gazes up at the distant sky. "Will it still come here even after the earth's disappeared?"
