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Book Description
구간 『에디의 천국』을 원제목으로 재출간
세종서적(주)은 이번에 『에디의 천국』을 “천국에서 만난 다섯 사람”이라는 원제대로 편집과 디자인을 고쳐 개정판을 출간했다. 영문판 제목 『The Five People You Meet in Heaven』과 한글 제목이 달라 일어났던 혼동 때문이다. 작가 미치 앨봄은 전작 『모리와 함께한 화요일』에서처럼 이 책에서도 눈물과 감동으로 우리들 저마다의 인생들이 가진 존재의 의미를 깊이있게 그려낸다. 그리하여 “삶과 죽음을 끌어안는 따뜻한 휴머니스트 작가”(퍼블리셔스 위클리)라는Continue
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Holmes said on Jun 30, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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I have been meaning to read this book for a while. This week the movie was on TV, so I picked it up. It was a quick read and it made me think. The book looks at what heaven might look like. When Eddie died he went to heaven and met five people that he affected or they affected him. I made me think a ... (continue)
SheReads said on Mar 6, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Many people told me that this book is a lecture of some very well-known principles, and that it is just another one. Yet, how many people can really live them out? I read this book as if I am attending 'lessons' as Mitch put it. And these lessons are as interesting as some of the best presented s ... (continue)
Joseph said on Aug 21, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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golfnut said on Feb 11, 2012 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback
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A meaningful story with an attractive/exciting start. Some lines were really touching.
People got to have their stories explained after death - why one lived and what one lived for. It just happened to be a line of five waiting in the heaven.
'Each affected the other and the other affected t ... (continue)
Candy said on Jan 17, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Book Details
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- English Books
- Others 196 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1401398030
- ISBN-13: 9781401398033
- Publisher: TIME WARNER BOOK GROUP
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2004
- Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The story is about heaven. It is not a heaven where you spend eternity in guilt-free bliss; instead it is a place where you gain a final understanding of your life and death. It is a place where you learn your last lessons – those that you wouldn’t understand when you’re still alive.
Lesson ... (continue)
The story is about heaven. It is not a heaven where you spend eternity in guilt-free bliss; instead it is a place where you gain a final understanding of your life and death. It is a place where you learn your last lessons – those that you wouldn’t understand when you’re still alive.
Lesson 1: “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind. The human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn’t just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed. Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know. No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”
Lesson 2: “Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.”
Lesson 3: “Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.”
Lesson 4: “Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that’s all. You can’t see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. Life has to end. Love doesn’t.”
Lesson 5: “They were there, or would be there, because of the simple, mundane things Eddie had done in his life, the accidents he had prevented, the rides he had kept safe, the unnoticed turns he had affected every day.”
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