Almond

The protagonist is a teenager named "Yoon Jae," his mother realized since his first year that he was different from others, as he never smiles; this condition remained unknown in cause until his case was diagnosed as an emotional mental disorder called "Alexithymia"; where he cannot express or identify his feelings, and its causes are attributed to the small size of his brain amygdala compared to the normal size. "Yoon Jae" benefits from his mother and grandmother's training to fake some expressions and appropriate responses for many situations, but he suddenly loses his grandmother, and his mother falls into a coma due to a random violence accident that shatters his world and leaves him alone. The hero's life intersects with another teenager suffering from anger outbursts and excessive emotional expression, where they confront each other before their relationship develops, to be a story of a beast meeting another beast. The novel achieved great success in Korea and around the world, selling more than a million copies, translated into 13 languages, and winning prestigious awards. Author: Son Won Pyong Number of pages: 250