Author Paul Han, active in the California region, has completed the Korean manuscript for his full-length novel ‘AYAKO’ (subtitled ‘A Love Begun in the Sky’) and revealed its e-book cover.
Publisher Divine America Media is scheduled to release the Korean edition this coming December.
The novel tells the story of Terry Kang, a Korean businessman, and Ayako Nishimura, a Japanese flight attendant, who met on an international flight in 1986. The two grow close while traveling between Tokyo, Seoul, and Kamakura, Japan, but walk separate paths following an unexpected event.
Set in the late autumn of 2026—40 years later—Terry, who runs an information technology company in California, receives an email featuring Ayako’s name from an editor in Tokyo. The novel traces the lives the two have lived since parting ways, exploring their individual choices and responsibilities to their families.
The e-book cover captures the scenery of Enoshima and Mount Fuji viewed from the Kamakura coastline. It features a sentence from the novel: “Love was not measured solely by the length of time spent together.”
Han has been active in the international business sector, traveling between the U.S. and Asia for over 40 years. His previous work, ‘The Man Who Defeated the Wind – The Path of Kang Tae-joon,’ dealt with the lives and challenges of immigrants.
