The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-Sook Shin

Author:Kyung-Sook Shin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pegasus

Aimlessly, I turned on the TV. A singer named Park Mi-gyeong is singing a song with a strong beat. When you tell me you loved me, I feel it’s only an act. Subtitles run at the bottom of the screen. “No Excuse.” Must be the title of the song. If your heart’s changed, don’t give me excuses. I tried stretching my neck to Park Mi-gyeong’s dizzy movements, then leave the room, the TV still on, and opened the fridge. Nothing to eat but apples. But it’s Lunar New Year tomorrow, I should at least make myself a bowl of rice cake soup, I tell myself and get my wallet, while Park Mi-gyeong goes on singing. No going back for me now, no. At the bottom of the stairs, I found a card in my mailbox. I pulled it out and checked the sender’s name. Handwritten with a nib pen dipped in ink. The same handwriting of the person who had sent me the suicide note back in September. Well, she clearly wasn’t dead if she could send a New Year card.

Standing there, I tore open the envelope. There’s no this or that, not even a single word about the suicide note that she sent me. I feel fortunate that I was able to feel your presence this past year. I wish you all happiness. That was all it said. I put the New Year card into my pocket, put my hand inside next to it, and stepped outside, pushing the door open. Cold wind brushed back my hair, which had been let loose from the ponytail. In the cold wind, I was suddenly overcome with solemnity. Felt my presence, she’d said? My presence?

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