Keep Living

This is a book about "being" - walking, writing, going through a normal day. The protagonist is an ordinary person who is almost unremembered. He has worked many kinds of jobs, moved to many places, read several books that had a profound impact on him, and met some people who he can no longer contact. What the book describes is just an ordinary day in his life, from waking up at 5:30 in the morning to sitting alone late at night. During this time, he cooked a pot of porridge, took a bus, passed some trees blown down by the typhoon, passed by a once prosperous hotel, and thought of several faces that were no longer around him. He didn't solve anything big or accomplish anything amazing, he just went his own way. This book does not have a complete story, nor a definite ending. It is more like a continuous flow of consciousness - sliding from one thought to another, from today to many years ago, and slowly emerging from a corner of memory back to the present. It shows how a person builds an invisible home for himself in daily life. If you've ever woken up alone one morning, if you've ever seen a wounded dove land in front of you - you may find something familiar in this book.