Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, Sandy Joosun Lee (Translation)

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, Sandy Joosun Lee (Translation)The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever. This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster. One of the monsters is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friendsthe two almond shaped neurons located

like the fish

actionable tool after tool

and driverless cars

and friendships

love and UFOs

because he blamed the press for his mother’s death

Private detective Charlie Parker is hired to make Merrick go away

The experiments in the book successfully integrate the subjective and objective dimensions of knowledge

Do you fail to follow your plans despite your best intentions

without any intention of publication

produce break-through results and achieve undreamed of success

especially not kindness