A Light Inside (<내가 보고 싶었던 세계> 영문판)

Prologue_ A Gift of Freedom · 7

01 Exile to Immigration
Childhood · 15
Summer of 1979, New York, and Youngstown · 34
The Unforgettable Mrs. Steiner · 48
Reading · 57
Performing · 64

02 Growing Pains
Self, Family, Community · 73
Hunter · 83
School of American Ballet · 88
Lost · 104
Juilliard · 111
Applying to Yale · 125

03 Toward Freedom
College at Yale · 133
Graduate Study in Oxford · 148
Law at Harvard · 163
Writing · 170
Working · 174
Applying for a Faculty Position · 183

04 Harvard
Teaching · 191
Harvard Law School · 209
First and Foremost a Teacher · 229
Advice to Young Korean Students · 236

Epilogue_ Find What You Love to Do · 257

Acknowledgments · 265
Sources · 266

It was moving for me to understand, at this inflection point in an immigrant’s American journey, that though my achievement was not itself unique, it had great meaning to Koreans. ―「Prologue_ A Gift of Freedom」

I am at a loss to describe the utter terror of being thrust suddenly into a new environment not understanding one word spoken. Language was my connection to the world and the severing of the connection now constituted my disoriented existence. The loneliness of exile from a common language affected everything,
―「Summer of 1979, New York, and Youngstown」

My mother saw my budding love and created a ritual. Every day she picked me up from school, got me a snack at the pizzeria, and took me to the public library across the street for several hours before supper. She sat to read her book and left me to do as I wished. It was a great adventure to be let loose in there. ―「Reading」