Jang Seok-ju: The lamp of sleeplessness guides you

*The Lamp of Insomnia Guides You* is a collection of writings intricately crafted by Jang Seok-ju, an all-encompassing cultural critic of our time, capturing the broad and deep thoughts he drew from reading books throughout the four seasons in his "forest of books," which comprises nearly 25,000 volumes. However, it is not merely a collection of book reviews as one might typically understand it. Rather, it is more appropriate to describe it as "prose that contemplates through books." This is because it demonstrates how to gaze into one's own inner self through reading, and furthermore, how to gaze upon the solitude residing within. In this digital world, we strive to reach out to one another by constantly "connecting" and "connecting" with countless external forces. Perhaps this is because, deep down, we are all the more lonely, solitary, and desolate. Therefore, it is all the more necessary to look deeply into "myself." Books make this possible. Through Jang Seok-ju’s reading, let us learn how to read and contemplate, how to reflect on solitude, and thereby cultivate the insight to view ourselves, the world, and ourselves within that world with a new perspective.

Korean title: 불면의 등불이 너를 인도한다

Korean author: 장석주

Korean publisher: 현암사

ISBN-13: 9788932317199