Hakuda Studio 하쿠다 사진관

book introduction

The protagonist, Swallow, escapes from the desolate daily life of the city and travels to Jeju. The swallow, savoring the last hour of her journey, suddenly bumps into something dull. In an absurd accident, the swallow loses his built-in plane ticket and credit card after his cell phone is dead. A swallow walking along the coastal road, lamenting the futility of today and his bleak life, comes to the entrance of a village where a strange stone statue of an octopus is placed. A swallow discovers a two-story house on a cliff in the corner of a quiet village, <Hakuda Photo Studio>. In order to borrow money from the photographer, the swallow opens the door of the photo studio... … . Until then, the swallow did not know. About the many stories that will unfold there.

index
1. The End of the Journey
2. Photo Studio on the Cliff
3. 30% discount for villagers
4. Quartz's Dream
5. Wild Riders
6. Hip wedding snaps
7. Preparing for the festival in Daewangmulkuleok Village
8. Fish in the waves
9. The Man on the Cliff
10. The Arrogant Geologist
11. Invisible Pictures
12. Festival of Daewang Mulkuleok Village

into the book
Climbing the hill, the swallow gasped for his breath. She stooped and, wiping the sweat from her brow, snooped over her stone-walled building. There were two palm trees in the yard, and light blue hydrangeas were scattered over the stone walls. Beyond, the cobalt-colored sea stretched open. The swallow lifted his sweaty shirt with his hand. Her Jeju summer sun was so intense that her wet clothes quickly dried. Hesitantly, the swallow approached the doorway. The signboard read “Hakuda Photo Studio,” but the scenery inside the window looked like a cafe. The clock on the wall pointed to half past two.
--- p.18

Jebi went to the homepage of a famous photo studio to benchmark her. Recalling that Seok Seok used the first floor as an exhibition hall, she also looked for news about the photo exhibition. Then, she inadvertently searched for Seok Seok's name, and the result was truly surprising. As soon as I left for work the next morning, the swallow asked. "president! Have you ever received an award?”
--- pp.54~55

Jeongmi confided as she moved the bowl of bowls piled with shells. “Urgent debts, children’s school fees… … You helped me, my brother. Those supporters.” Seok Seok and Swallow silently watched Jeong-mi stealing her eyes with her sleeve. She pulled out a tissue and briskly blew her nose, her zhengmi grinning. “The reason Woodul is a girl’s high school alumni. After getting a job, getting married, and living a hectic life, I started riding ten years ago. I just heard the news and couldn't make up my mind. I've been told to come out so hard... … . You're here to pay off your debt. Do you just smile for three days? He said he would pay off everything he owed.”
--- p.84

“I know a lot of seniors who lost their careers after getting married. I've seen a lot of men who ignore childrearing after giving birth to their wives. I was scared to the point of not being able to get stabbed in the back of my foot by an ax I believed in, or that a man who had never stabbed me in the back would hit me in the back of the head. To be honest, I was conflicted even after coming here. It's the same when we have conflicts between liking the location and not liking it, and I thought we didn't fit together. At the hotel tonight... … I was going to break the engagement.”
--- pp.134~135

Seok-suk asked herself. In his memory, his youth was stained like a rotten film. No matter how much he envied his youth, he had no confidence to go through those days again. He has been running for 10 years with one goal of opening a photo studio. I had never been in a common relationship, and I worked as hard as I could to save money. Those who look beautiful now must have endured such a time.
--- p.169

“Three people died in my jurisdiction at the time. they were all women Every time an incident broke out, the angry family came to the police station and almost terrorized. Our chief was stressed out about it. All of our staff did. As long as it's quiet, it's on the news and the local value has declined. Complaints from local residents have been pouring in. Really, he shouldn't have died. so… … I saved him.”
--- p.218

He listened to his child. "me too… … I want to take a picture.” In an instant, everyone benefited. Hye-yong's parents had never given their child a camera. He was worried that the child would be hurt. They always let me touch the printed photos. I thought that was enough. On the other hand, Seok Seok and Jebi had other worries. They thought about how they could teach photography to a child like Hyeyong. My mind went blank. "but… … How are you?” Hyojae asked. Surprised, Yanghee covered her son's mouth with her hand.
--- p.323

Publisher Reviews
Because of a youth who came from the mainland
A wave of change begins to rise in Jeju's seaside village

★★★ The Best Healing Drama of 2022
『Hakuda Photo Studio』 limited winter edition published ★★★

The 11th Honbul Literary Award winner Heo Tae-yeon, who won the largest prize of 70 million won in Korea, has published a new novel, Hakuda Photo Studio. Newer backgrounds and more colorful stories than the author's previous works visit readers to provide warm comfort to their weary daily lives.

Twenty-five-year-old Yeon Je-bi got a job at a small photo studio in Seoul after graduating from college. The main character swallow, who witnessed the beautiful appearance of Jeju on a billboard he accidentally found while commuting in the same space every day, made a decision on the spot. By boarding her plane, she decided to present Jeju summer to her youth, tired of her social life. After quitting his job and disposing of his one-room apartment, the swallow recklessly leaves for Jeju.

On the last day of the trip, while looking at the cobalt-colored sea spreading out on the fine sand, the swallow suddenly bumps into something dull. A young man with no manners collided with the surfboard he was carrying, and the swallow dropped his mobile phone into the sea. At that time, the swallow did not know that the accident would change his fate.

After losing all of his cell phone, plane tickets and credit cards in an absurd accident, the swallow walks along the coastal road, lamenting his life as a penniless wanderer and his own life. Then, the swallow, who entered ‘Daewang Mulkuleok Village’, found a two-story house standing on a cliff in the corner of the village. The signboard of the white building is <Hakuda Photo Studio>. While looking around the serene photo studio where the owner and customers are invisible, the swallow finds a job advertisement for the photo studio and his heart begins to pound. When he returned to Seoul, the swallow, who couldn't find a plan for the future, told the photographer about the situation and started working there under the condition of a 3-month deadline... … .

“Our blues are not over yet!”
It takes place at a photo studio in a quiet village in Jeju.
A pleasant and youthful touching story of lives full of humanity

Based on the author's experience of living in Jeju as a child, the novel "Hakuda Photo Studio", written by recalling "the friendly and strong people of Jeju and the beautiful and warm summer of Jeju," will provide comfort to readers who are tired of their busy lives this summer. full of stories ‘Daewang Mulkuruk Village’ was newly created by adding an artist’s imagination to a place that actually exists in Jeju. The author expressed his thoughts that he wrote the novel with great effort, sweat and sweat, with the desire to “invite readers” to this place where “people who are tired of daily life come to look back on their lives and make new memories one by one.”

Who are the people visiting <Hakuda Photo Studio> located in a quiet village in Jeju? They are none other than ordinary people who can often be found around us. High school alumni in their 50s from Chungcheong-do who came to confirm their friendship, newlyweds in their 30s who came to think about marriage itself while preparing for a wedding shoot, and young people in their 20s who came to play to feel a sense of freedom for a while, exhausted from job preparation. , and even a detective in his 70s who went on the last trip of his life regretting his past actions. The people who visit <Hakuda Photo Studio> all resemble us living in the present reality.

Let go of today, a hard life
A photo studio that takes photos of the changed tomorrow’s ‘real appearance’
“This is the ‘Hakuda Photo Studio’ in Jeju!”

“Hakuda” means “to do something” or “to do” in the Jeju dialect. In English, ‘will do’. So, “Hakuda Photo Studio” is “a photo studio that takes good pictures of anything.” A place where we can put down our heavy hearts and rest after having lived through a difficult day, a place where we can gain the driving force and be comforted to live a bleak tomorrow. In other words, it is a place where you can put down the hardships of today and take a picture of the changed tomorrow's 'real look' and leave it as a single picture. This is <Hakuda Photo Studio>.

It's a fairly long novel, but the moment you open the bookshelf, you will read this story without stopping. This is because "Hakuda Photo Studio" is not a story that starts with interest and ends with fun, but is 'our story' that we must sympathize with and walk together. A novel that presents friendly comfort and a warm smile to those of us who have lived through today's hard times. A novel that makes you face true young tears at the end of the story. I hope you will warmly face tears of hope and sympathy through this novel, not tears of sadness and despair.

Publication Date: July 18, 2022

Number of pages, weight, size
396 pages | 414g | 137*197*30mm