In 2016 , Baik 's next book '' Terrible Light '' ( unofficial name ; 참담한 빛 ) , a collection of ten short stories , was released by Changbi Publishers . The short stories therein deal with themes of past suffering and of emigrants living in foreign countries , and use intense light as a metaphor for exploration of suffering . Some stories deal with public tragedies , such as " Summer Noon " ( 여름의 정오 ) which touches on the Tokyo subway sarin attack and the September 11 attacks , while others touch on private suffering which the author nevertheless connects to wider suffering in the world , such as " First Love " ( 첫사랑 ) in which the first-person narrator goes to study abroad in Russia but then witnesses the school 's decision to close the faculty and how the other students react
Tokyo subway sarin attack
Tokyo subway sarin attack
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