En cours de chargement...
Trapped in trauma, alone abroad, and loathing the covid lockdown. Japanese Kigaiko Wazawai knows: if she cannot feel whole, it won't be the Corona virus that will kill her. Guided by philosophical discussions with her grandfather, and metaphorical dreams, Kigai ventures into a journey of self-discovery and online dating, and the Korean-American Jacob Isdadi she gets to know soon becomes a close companion.
However, their path is full of obstacles: her unprocessed trauma pulls her back; the pandemic blocks them from meeting; and if the present wasn't enough, the historically tense Japanese-Korean relation forms additional stumbling blocks. Kigai fights through a labyrinth of different approaches to escape her inner prison until there seems no way past a compromise: not reaching her destination, or losing the man she loves.
Will she find her freedom?Find out and inspire your self-help journey through the mind-swirling depth of this melancholic, yet hopeful psychological literary fiction best-seller with a heartbreaking twist.________________________________________Bonus Material:- Are you in a book club? "Prison of Loneliness" includes a discussion guide which covers character development, mental health, the Japanese-Korean relation and more.
Check it out.- Every subscriber receives free bonus material: The Deciphering Game, The Prison Dreams Uncut, The Interpretation Help. More details in the book. For which audience is it written?Depending on the interests, the book can appeal to people:- Fighting with or wanting to understand mental health (loneliness, trauma, PTSD, depression, rape, grief)- Living abroad or intrigued by Asian culture (Japanese, Korean-American)- Wanting to learn about relationship theory through a story rather than a textbook (toxic relationships, love languages, attachment styles, online dating)Which genre do you attribute this book to?With psychological self-development as the backbone of the story, this is literary fiction.
The tragic love story brings an additional layer of modern romance and women's fiction. Real-life events inspired many descriptions and actions, so it could even be called auto-fiction. Cultural differences between one's home country and country of residence, as well as in the interactions with other people, justify the classification as world literature.