"'Tiny Things Like This' 2024 Book of the Year's Vote'"#1"May the warm light be on in this cold and dark winter like this."
Dec 09, 2024
|
Yes24 held a reader vote for 240 candidates recommended by Yes24 PDs for about three weeks from November 8th to 29th. This year, a total of 899,444 votes were collected, up about 9,000 votes from last year due to the enthusiastic response of readers, and 'Tiny Things' topped the list with 13,320 votes (1.5%).
Clare Keegan's masterpiece for the first time in 11 years since the song "The Girl Who's Left Behind" earned worldwide fame, including a shortlist for the 2022 Booker Prize. It depicts the inner side of a man who discovers the secret complicity of his social community and anguish in the face of a choice that can lose everything.
Hong Han-byul, the translator who translated the book, said, `I'm really happy to end the year with the news that such trivial things' have been selected as the book of the year.' `I hope that warm lights will light up in the hearts of readers who read this book on a cold, dark winter day like this.'
In addition, a total of 24 books were selected as "Yes24 Book of the Year", including 'The Use of History' which came in second with 10,605 votes (1.2%) and 'Very Personal Thoughts on His Fate' which came in third with 9,612 votes (1.1%). By field, the novel/poetry/play field received the most choices with eight volumes, followed by the essay field (5 volumes) and the home life field (3 volumes).
In addition to the announcement of the results of the vote, Yes24 will host a live YouTube broadcast of 『Book of the Year" reading night" with readers. In the broadcast, which will be held on Yes24's official YouTube channel from 8 p.m. on the 12th, we will read this year's book and the book of Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and share our feelings with readers.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
