Your Pieces by Tablo

22 October 21, 2008March 17, 2009

by javabeans

Tablo‘s previously announced collection of short stories, named Your Pieces, is rousing strong interest.

According to the publishing company, internet pre-orders started last week, and the volume shot up to the top 10 in just five short hours. Over the weekend, it occupied the top seller spot — and the book isn’t even out yet.

The book of short stories officially goes on sale on November 4 and bears story titles like “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Vacation,” “Mouse,” “Matchbox,” “Hate Crime,” “Andante,” and more, which he’d written prior to his Epik High days when he lived in the States.

As for the stories themselves, they cover a diverse range of material: a rift between father and son, love and pain, and other vaguely described themes (seriously, “love and pain” can describe just about anything). Of particular note is “Andante,” the story written while at Stanford and praised by author Tobias Wolff, who’d been his professor when he was pursuing his master’s degree in English literature.

Via Mk.co.kr, Sports Khan

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1 Sue

October 21, 2008 at 2:45 PM

i'm guessing the original english won't be published? T_________T

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2 mJ

October 21, 2008 at 2:51 PM

wondering also ... will there be an english version for us hopeless ... tablo luver?

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3 lkl

October 21, 2008 at 3:03 PM

man T___T please let there be an English release if not now, in the future.

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4 Charlo

October 21, 2008 at 3:05 PM

Oh man, oh man, what about an English version?

Since they're (I'm assuming) originally written in English...? Yeah? No? Okay...

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5 favegirl13

October 21, 2008 at 3:10 PM

please!!!!!!!!!
hope they have it in english
i've been waiting for it for a long time

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6 lovenyc52

October 21, 2008 at 3:24 PM

must. have. in. english.

...please? :o)

i really do <3 tablo

the man is so talented - interested to see his works before epik high.

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7 lovin it

October 21, 2008 at 5:25 PM

same as everyone else.. :)
any hope for an english version for us tablo fanssssss??

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8 stargazer377

October 21, 2008 at 5:34 PM

oh man a Masters?! wow! i thought he just went for undergrad! kudos to Tablo! Javabeans, will you be buying a copy as well?

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9 jhoey

October 21, 2008 at 5:52 PM

"Strawberry Fields Forever"?... Wasn't that the song by the Beatles? hhmmm... sounds interesting.

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10 Winnie

October 21, 2008 at 6:01 PM

Fine, I'll join the chorus...

...original English versions? Please? Consider it an educational opportunity for Korean students, to compare the original English to the translation.

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11 haj

October 21, 2008 at 6:40 PM

are you planning to read them javabeans?
i suppose its not coming out in english... sigh.

lol just read the other comments...

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12 Abbeh!!!

October 21, 2008 at 7:20 PM

When I read that Tobias Wolff was his professor I was like 'OMG CONNECTION', because Mr. Wolff was a speaker at my boarding school my freshman year. i remember his white mustache, and the whole school having to read 'old school' in anticipation of his arrival. GOOD STUFF.

I would love to get my hand on Tablo's book someday, I'd love it even more if there was an English version. Or, his book could be the first I read in Korean. YES indeed.

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13 querubin

October 22, 2008 at 3:09 AM

everyones asking for the original english...so am i XD

i'm particularly intrested in andante, i remember reading about that here in this blog.

guh, blo just keeps rocking my seoul, whut T_T

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14 backstage

October 22, 2008 at 5:39 AM

omg~~he luks like eunhyuk,,,

kinda interested in the book~~is it going to be published in english??

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15 An

October 22, 2008 at 8:03 PM

I would be interested to see the english version of this book, i mean he's a lit major so i should be good right =]

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16 Kat

October 25, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Yes! English indeed!
His work is always so poetic, I can't imagine his free reign without having to rhyme.
This should be absolutely great! I simply can't wait.
whoot! Go Tablo!