세상이 시시해질 만큼 강렬했던 "나의 못생긴 유일한 첫사랑" ㅣ 박민규의 『죽은 왕녀를 위한 파반느』

"Man or woman, appearance or profession, nothing is stronger than love. It makes the world that blocks my path seem trivial." Today, we'll be reading Park Min-gyu's classic, "Pavane for a Dead Princess," recently released as a Netflix film. In this "lookism" world, where everyone worships beauty, endlessly envies others, and forces us to feel ashamed of ourselves, the protagonist makes a strange confession in this pungent atmosphere. She was the ugliest woman in the world, but she was also his one and only first love. Her father abandoned his family for her beautiful looks, and she, shunned by the world but possessed a more dignified inner self than anyone else. Through this strange yet sublime love story that began in a department store parking lot in 1985, I hope you experience a sense of liberation, where the world's standards that have held us back suddenly become trivial. 00:00 "So that the world can become trivial" - The story of my one and only first love 00:10 Netflix film [Pavane and Park Min-gyu's original novel] 00:51 The late 1980s, a hazy nostalgia and the "betrayal of beauty" 01:45 A twenty-year-old repeat student, "I," and the father who abandoned his family with his handsome face 03:05 Reading 1: "Mom, don't die" - A son's confession to his mother, overcome with loss 07:35 John Lennon's "Johan," a life mentor he met in a department store parking lot 08:30 Reading 2: "HOPE" in despair, a friendship shared at Kentucky Chicken at a pub 14:57 A world succumbing to power and Johan's chilling recitation 17:24 A fateful encounter with the world's ugliest woman 18:12 Reading 3: "Three shopping bags" that shared the burden of her life 22:41 Johan's silence and her disappearance And a future reunion 24:18 Social critique of the vicious religion of lookism 24:58 Reading 4: "The world is overflowing with worthless people." John's poignant rebuke 30:54 The only way to make the world that blocks us trivial #Pavane for a Dead Princess #Park Min-gyu #Lookism #Netflix Pavane #First Love #Professor Lee All content in "Professor Lee's Books and People" is copyrighted by "Culture Production Possibilities Co., Ltd." Copyright 2026. Culture Production Possibilities All rights reserved.