Is 『In the Garden We Loved (우리가 사랑했던 정원에서)』 a book read like a novel, or is it a stage script?
I turned the pages expecting a novel since it is Pascal Quignard's new work, but encountering a play format divided into stage directions and dialogue makes me wonder how to read it.
This book takes the form of a play intended for stage performance, so it is closer to a script read along dialogue and stage directions.
While Pascal Quignard's works previously translated domestically centered on novels or essays, this book takes the form of a play for the first time among his works introduced in our country[1]. When the form is different, the reading pace also differs. A play is a literary genre that weaves scenes using only the dialogue spoken by characters and stage directions guiding actions, instead of explanatory continuous prose.
Instead of background descriptions being pared down, words and sounds fill the space. As it is a new work presented by Franz, a publisher specializing in music, the noises of the garden directed by the stage directions and the characters' voices resonate clearly between the lines[2].
hmmm, rather than chasing the plot, sounding out and gauging the rhythm of words exchanged by the characters and the margins of silence is the way to meet the scenes captured in this book.
It has not yet been confirmed whether it is a script planned with an actual stage performance in mind, or if it was written solely as a closet drama for reading.