Chronicles of a Life in Daejeon(나의 대전열전)

As suggested by its subtitle, “Ten Stories of Daejeon About People and Places,” this essay collection focuses on ten specific locations in Daejeon and explores the people the author met there, along with her emotions, reflections, and experiences. The ten locations featured in the book are not explicitly promoted. Instead, by naturally revealing that her experiences and reflections took place in these locations, the author introduces them in a more memorable way and ultimately makes readers want to visit them. The book may therefore be described as an “An urban chronicle of Daejeon” that portrays through literature how the everyday life of an ordinary Daejeon citizen-that is, an individual-is organically connected to the city’s history and spaces. The work is distinguished by Lee Jae-eun’s characteristically understated style, which records the small details of the lives of those around her as though quietly observing them, as well as by her warm perspective on ordinary people and places.